I've watched a few episodes of Shark Tank (which is an even more tawdry version of Dragon's Den, if such a thing were possible), and I remember one extremely telling moment.

There was a fellow from a smaller town somewhere in the USA, and he wanted to make truck racks. He had a good design, and he already had a small business making them, but he wanted to expand. Part of his business model was building them locally so that he could employ people in his town and help the economy of that town, which was depressed. He already employed a couple folks from around him, but he wanted to employ more, and grow his business while helping the town where he lives.

O'Leary asked him why he didn't have the manufacturing done in China. The guy explained about why he wanted to keep it local, and O'Leary went on about unit costs, and margin, and even with shipping, yadda yadda yadda, it's all about the money signs. That interaction taught me everything I need to know about O'Leary. Profits over people every time. When he says he's going to speak the language of jobs, what he really means is he's going to speak the language of corporations. He's going to try to cut taxes on corporations, cut minimum wage, all of those ridiculous supply-side economic tricks that just don't work. And he's going to do it to further enrich the rich.

I wouldn't cross the street to piss on him if he were on fire.

the conservative leadership race has not got much coverage. Unfortunately with O'leary it will get more. And he'll say outrageous things to get attention just like Trump.