Andrew Neil is indeed extremely suspect. He frequently allows statements from climate change deniers to go unchallenged during interviews, was a cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq, and during his tenure as editor of the Sunday Times allowed that newspaper to advance the idea that AIDS was not cause by HIV but by "lifestyle". This would have resulted in thousands of unnecessary deaths in sub-saharan Africa. He also employed David Irving to translate the diaries of Goebbels. And thats even before we get on to his take on conventional politics. He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the BBC or any broadcast media.