Dawson Park Boy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, btb said: Poor Andrew Neil, his career has never recovered from the halcyon days of the early 70s when he covered St. Mirren games for the Paisley Daily Express! I think Andrew is doing very nicely, thank you. The Spectator is going from strength to strength of which he is Chairman along with other business interests. He spends most of his time in the South of France and writes articles for newspapers and makes some guest appearances on TV. Yep, he’s doing very nicely. I think he must have covered the football under duress as he is not slow to voice his dislike of the sport. -6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: I think Andrew is doing very nicely, thank you. The Spectator is going from strength to strength of which he is Chairman along with other business interests. He spends most of his time in the South of France and writes articles for newspapers and makes some guest appearances on TV. Yep, he’s doing very nicely. I think he must have covered the football under duress as he is not slow to voice his dislike of the sport. At least he was presumably paying the other ones good lord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Dawson Park Boy said: I think Andrew is doing very nicely, thank you. The Spectator is going from strength to strength of which he is Chairman along with other business interests. He spends most of his time in the South of France and writes articles for newspapers and makes some guest appearances on TV. Yep, he’s doing very nicely. I think he must have covered the football under duress as he is not slow to voice his dislike of the sport. ha quite the defence. apply as prefer: "hi Andrew. hiya pal" "he is not going to shag you" "what has he got on you?" etc etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, KingRocketman II said: ha quite the defence. apply as prefer: "hi Andrew. hiya pal" "he is not going to shag you" "what has he got on you?" etc etc The defense of what though? Random posters on a scottish football forum that don't like him because of his politics? I'm sure he'll survive! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, SANTAN said: The defense of what though? Random posters on a scottish football forum that don't like him because of his politics? I'm sure he'll survive! am sure he will survive also. But for a random poster on a Scottish football forum, as you say, to respond to criticism of Neil by referring to him as Andrew and then repeating the phrase that he "is doing very nicely" in the same response is quite bizarre...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Just now, KingRocketman II said: am sure he will survive also. But for a random poster on a Scottish football forum, as you say, to respond to criticism of Neil by referring to him as Andrew and then repeating the phrase that he "is doing very nicely" in the same response is quite bizarre...... I don't think so. Comparatively to probably every poster on here he's living his best life. DPB is just pointing this out to the little gossip gang. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, SANTAN said: I don't think so. Comparatively to probably every poster on here he's living his best life. DPB is just pointing this out to the little gossip gang. haha. haters gonna hate etc etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Lovely to see even Brillo can be white-knighted by people that he wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. Someone start on Piers Moron next. Let's see where the line is. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 He's quickly burning his gammon bridges. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: He's quickly burning his gammon bridges. I think Neil clicked that ultimately he as fallen on the wrong side of the argument and he is seen as a spent figure and history will not look kindly on the horses he has backed. The above is all part of his walk back from the cliff edge as he'd see it. Guys like Neil and Oliver were once regarded as some of the top guys in their field. Now folk just look at them as total lunatics. Years of building up reputations pissed against a wall for whatever reasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Theyellowbox said: I think Neil clicked that ultimately he as fallen on the wrong side of the argument and he is seen as a spent figure and history will not look kindly on the horses he has backed. The above is all part of his walk back from the cliff edge as he'd see it. Guys like Neil and Oliver were once regarded as some of the top guys in their field. Now folk just look at them as total lunatics. Years of building up reputations pissed against a wall for whatever reasons. I’m intrigued. What has A Neil said that marks him out as a lunatic? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I’m not sure Andrew Neil has any right to be criticising people for not believing facts given the whole him reckoning climate change isn’t real thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I’m not sure Andrew Neil has any right to be criticising people for not believing facts given the whole him reckoning climate change isn’t real thing. I’m not sure that’s quite right. Ive heard him challenge some of the more extreme projections of the climate change lobby but not the facts that the climate is getting warmer and there appear to be more extreme weather events. Thats more or less agreed but the big debate is how to transition from a fossil fuelled economy to a more environmentally friendly one. Moving too quickly will just trash the economy and living standards and help no one. Also, what to do about China and India? Without them on board, not much can be done. I can well remember the big theme in the 60’s and 70’s was ‘global cooling’ and the new ice age. Just like with Covid, scientists need to be challenged. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Just now, Dawson Park Boy said: I’m not sure that’s quite right. Ive heard him challenge some of the more extreme projections of the climate change lobby but not the facts that the climate is getting warmer and there appear to be more extreme weather events. Thats more or less agreed but the big debate is how to transition from a fossil fuelled economy to a more environmentally friendly one. Moving too quickly will just trash the economy and living standards and help no one. Also, what to do about China and India? Without them on board, not much can be done. I can well remember the big theme in the 60’s and 70’s was ‘global cooling’ and the new ice age. Just like with Covid, scientists need to be challenged. Please refrain from trying to converse with me in future, you dreadful c**t. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 31 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I’m not sure Andrew Neil has any right to be criticising people for not believing facts given the whole him reckoning climate change isn’t real thing. Also had a great tenure at the Sunday Times denying the link between HIV and AIDS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Also had a great tenure at the Sunday Times denying the link between HIV and AIDS. Not only that, but denied responsibility even this year, blaming an underling. Quote He wrote that The Sunday Times had been vindicated in its coverage, "The Sunday Times was one of a handful of newspapers, perhaps the most prominent, which argued that heterosexual Aids was a myth. The figures are now in and this newspaper stands totally vindicated... The history of Aids is one of the great scandals of our time. I do not blame doctors and the Aids lobby for warning that everybody might be at risk in the early days, when ignorance was rife and reliable evidence scant." He criticised the "AIDS establishment" and said "Aids had become an industry, a job-creation scheme for the caring classes." In a 2021 interview Neil said that he now regretted certain aspects of the paper's coverage of HIV and AIDS, but he was unwilling or unable to accept any personal responsibility for the falsehoods published while he was editor. Neil chose instead to blame an employee, stating that he had placed faith in a trusted correspondent who was found to be wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Being an absolute wrong 'un and a massive sociopath is absolutely part of the job description for becoming a newspaper editor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I think Neil is just a contrarian tbh, in much the same manner as Piers Morgan. He'll argue with, contradict, and attempt to belittle whoever is put in front of him no matter what their take on any given issue. To be honest, I'm ambivalent about him. I used to enjoy 'This Week', not particularly because of Neil but in spite of him. It was always funny watching him get paddled on matters of fact by Michael Portillo of all people. It's self-evident he's a vain, insecure, narcissistic personality, and that part of him I do find amusing in a point and laugh way, but beyond that, couldn't care less. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Safety blanket patter imo. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDP Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Under the chairmanship of Andrew Neil, The Spectator has published articles in support of the Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, an article called "In defence of the Wehrmacht", Taki, Rod Liddle's numerous nonsense (including a piece where he said he couldn't be a teacher as he wouldn't countenance not being able to shag the students), Julie Bindel after her Islamophobia as well as numerous trans baiting articles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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