- During the late 1980s, whilst he was Editor of "The Sunday Times", his old school, Paisley Grammar, was threatened with closure by local government. His political acquaintance with Margaret Thatcher (then the British Prime Minister) led to her direct intervention in the matter - a controversial circumstance, given that the political climate in Scotland at that time was largely anti-Conservative. The school remains open to this day.
- Divides his time between homes in London, Scotland, America and the South of France.
- Whenever the satirical magazine "Private Eye" mentions Andrew Neil, it almost always deliberately misprints his surname as "Neill", because, the magazine has admitted, it is known to annoy him.
- He has covered every Labour leadership election since James Callaghan in 1976.
- Told Peter Hitchens, of all people, that his English was unclear.
- Lampooned by Rich Hall.
- In 2019, he accused left-wing journalist Owen Jones on live television of propagating "lies and smears" about him.
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