Andrew Neil

Scottish journalist and broadcaster · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Born 1949 · age 77

Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster. He has presented various political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neil attended Paisley Grammar School, before studying at the University of Glasgow. He entered journalism in 1973 as a correspondent for The Economist.

Andrew Neil is read about 267 times a day, in 10 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 17 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2022“Israel fails to stand up for Ukraine. Reluctant to impose sanctions on Russia. Still allowing flights from Russia but ended visa-free travel for Ukrainians.”In their words22 March 2022Twitter, 5:52 PM · 22 March 2022Read the whole statement

“Russians taking Ukrainian citizens to so called “filtration camps” then relocating them to distant parts of Russia to work for free. In other words slave labour.”In their words21 March 2022Twitter, 6:37 PM · 21 March 2022Read the whole statement

2021“I have clicked to follow you. Please DM your address/contact details so my lawyers can serve legal papers against you for this clear libel and defamation.”In their words7 December 2021Twitter, 5:29 AM · 7 December 2021Read the whole statement

“I’ve had my third jab. All Pfizer. And I strongly recommend everybody to do the same. I’ve also seen how well vaccine passports work.”In their words6 December 2021Twitter, 8:11 AM · 6 December 2021Read the whole statement

“France has had vaccine passports for sometime now. It has 600,000+ Covid cases. UK has 1m+. Which part of vaccine passports don’t you get.”In their words6 December 2021Twitter, 9:19 AM · 6 December 2021Read the whole statement

1995“[England needs] another hundred [[Mohamed Al-Fayed|[Mohamed] Al Fayeds]]. So he comes from the wrong side of the tracks; so does Mrs. Thatcher. Who cares who owns Harrods?”In their wordsDecember 1995As cited by Maureen Orth in "Holy War at Harrods", Vanity Fair (December 1995)Read the whole statement

1949Born21 May 1949

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Neil (centre) with Sky News anchor Adam Boulton (left) and Bénédicte Paviot (second from right) in 2013

Nick Clegg (right) being interviewed by Andrew Neil for Daily Politics

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Andrew Neil

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GB News will not be yet another echo chamber for the metropolitan mindset that already dominates so much of the media.
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There are still 5 million unvaccinated British adults, who through fear, ignorance, irresponsibility or sheer stupidity refuse to be jabbed.
It's time to punish Britain's five million vaccine refuseniks: They put us all at risk of more restrictions, says ANDREW NEIL. So why, Own words
Britain should follow the French example - and also take note of what other European countries are doing - and penalise the vaccine refuseniks.
It's time to punish Britain's five million vaccine refuseniks: They put us all at risk of more restrictions, says ANDREW NEIL. So why, Own words