Andrew Neil

Andrew Neil (born May 21 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster. Neil made his name at The Sunday Times where he was editor for 11 years. He is currently the editor-in-chief and Publisher of the Press Holdings group of newspapers, owner of The Scotsman, for which he writes.

Andrew Neil and Private Eye

Neil is not married. A photograph of him dressed in a vest and baseball cap, embracing a much younger woman, ran over several consecutive editions of satirical magazine Private Eye, after it became known that he found the picture embarrassing. It still surfaces periodically, on the flimsiest of excuses.

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The photograph is apparently of a woman Neil was briefly involved with while in the United States in the early nineties.http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2005/no2_riddell.htm Neil has found "fascinating", what he sees as an example of "public school racism" on the part of the Eyes editorial staff. The magazine has also nicknamed him Brillo Pad, after his unusual hair, which is said to resemble a scouring pad.

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United States - Nicknamed - Brillo Pad

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In addition, it often misspells his surname with an extra L - which also annoys him -

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in memory of Neil's affair with the former call-girl Pamella Bordes, whose name is

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also written with an unusual number of Ls.

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