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"He was raising Spectator matters which are not my responsibility," says the Spectator's chairman. You sure about that, @afneil? Because ex-Spectator employees have started getting in touch...& that's not what they're saying.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. "You could attribute this to one former employee: 'The Spectator today is entirely made in Andrew Neil's image. His constant presence in the building means that he looms over everything editorial...(cont)'
'...he shapes the agenda by his contempt for anyone and anything that challenges his right-wing, ultra-capitalist world-view. He wishes the Spectator was the Economist and that Margaret Thatcher was still Prime Minister. He has drained the magazine of gentleness and joy.'
Or what about this? "The idea that Andrew is not responsible for content at the Spectator is...laughably false." "The editors were frankly a little scared of Andrew." Any comment, @afneil? You've said you had NOTHING to do with content. Yet, these 2 people are calling you a liar 
