Andrew Neil
| Andrew Neil | |
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Neil, photographed in 2011
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| Born |
Andrew Ferguson Neil 21 May 1949 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation |
BBC television presenter, Journalist, Chairman: Press Holdings |
| Notable credit(s) |
This Week, Daily Politics Sunday Politics, The Economist The Spectator, Apollo Magazine |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Nilsson (m. 2015) |
Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster and the editor of The Sunday Times for 11 years. He currently presents live political programmes Sunday Politics and This Week on BBC One and Daily Politics on BBC Two. He is also the former editor-in-chief and current chairman of the Press Holdings group, which owns The Telegraph and The Spectator.
Neil was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He grew up in the Glenburn area and attended the local Lancraigs Primary School. At 11, Neil passed his 11-plus examinations and obtained entrance to the then-selective Paisley Grammar School. His father was an electrician and member of the Territorial Army, and his mother worked in the local cotton mills.
After school, Neil attended the University of Glasgow. While there, he edited the student newspaper, the Glasgow University Guardian and dabbled in student television. He was also a member of the Dialectic Society and the Conservative Club and participated in Glasgow University Union inter-varsity debates. In 1971, he was chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students. He graduated in 1971 with an MA with honours, in political economy and political science; he had been tutored by Vince Cable.
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