Hard to get a word in edgeways on Andrew Neil's show

 
18 January 2013

If Mary Ann Sieghart felt that Andrew Neil was less than respectful of her earlier this week, saying she was playing second fiddle to a male guest on BBC2’s Daily Politics, then The Economist’s Anne McElvoy will have no complaint about last night’s This Week on BBC1.

“I’m going to give you the final word,” said Neil, as a knowing smile crossed McElvoy’s face. Shame, then, that fellow guests Michael Portillo and Alastair Campbell both butted in. Men.

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