Andrew Neil

With each step away from communist constructivism to Hayekian capitalism, China has been richly rewarded.

You have to live and breathe Scotland if you're 'Scotsman' editor.

I am not an insider - definitely not... but I don't think you could call me an outsider.

I am a better journalist than I am a businessman.

Most children of the underclass are born out of wedlock; relationships are fleeting and unstable (which ensures that what is born into the underclass stays in the underclass). This is a world in which there are almost no worthwhile male role models, which is a disaster when boys turn to youths.

I don't fall in love easily... But I do fall in love.

No, you see, unlike some interviewers, I love politics... overall I am not anti-politicians at all. I recognise they are more important than me.

I recently passed through Mumbai airport. I cannot claim it was a pleasant experience. But if I had a choice between Mumbai airport and Euston on a Sunday afternoon, I'd take Mumbai any day.

People know more about my views than they do about most BBC presenters because I had a life before becoming a BBC presenter.

When I went up to Glasgow University in 1967, student life was dominated by 13-hour debates on Fridays, when one of the student political clubs would form the 'government' for the day and attempt to push through a piece of legislation, which the other clubs either supported or opposed.

Britain is now living with the consequences of allowing an underclass to take root and fester.

That's the only time when newspapers have some influence, when they are pushing the British public in a direction they are already minded to go.