It was addressed by Labour MPs Jon Trickett, Emily Thornberry, John McDonnell ( politician ) | John McDonnell, Michael Meacher, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn, and Elfyn Llwyd of Plaid Cymru and Angus MacNeil of the Scottish National Party.

She claimed she was offered two highly sought-after movie roles: the part of possessed child Regan MacNeil in the 1973 film, The Exorcist, and the starring role in Louis Malle's 1978 film, Pretty Baby.

Mel Gaynor and John Giblin both contributed to the recording ( and, in Giblin's case, to some of the writing ) but both men had left the band by the time of the album's release, by which time the band was credited as a trio of Kerr, Burchill and MacNeil.

MacNeil has subsequently commented that his parting with Simple Minds was painful and acrimonious ( although he has since reconciled with his former bandmates ) and that this was the period in which everything began to change within the band.

He claimed his father was a man named George MacNeil, who had been a scout during the 1870s Indian Wars in the southwestern United States.

Born in Purbrook, Canada West, ( near what is now Orillia, Ontario ) he was the son of Royal Naval Captain Elmes Yelverton Steele, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, and his second wife, Anne Macdonald, the youngest daughter of Neil Maclain MacDonald of Ardnamurchan, a native of Islay, grandson of Captain Godfrey MacNeil of Barra and nephew of Colonel Donald MacNeil.

She auditioned for the part of Regan MacNeil in the film The Exorcist, but the director felt that, with Family Affair still in popular consciousness at the time through daytime reruns, movie audiences might think Buffy was the one being possessed.

At the General Election of that year his seat was gained by the Labour Party from the SNP and was consequently held until the 2005 general election when it was regained by the SNP's Angus Brendan MacNeil.

The news show was later renamed The MacNeil / Lehrer NewsHour, and after MacNeil's departure in 1995 was named The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and finally PBS NewsHour in 2009.

He was also an accomplished folk song collector and discovered such notable performers as Jeannie Robertson, Flora MacNeil and Calum Johnston.

Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, OC, known sometimes as Robin MacNeil, ( born January 19, 1931 ), is currently a novelist and formerly was a television news anchor and journalist who had paired with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil / Lehrer Report in 1975.

On November 22, 1963, MacNeil was covering President Kennedy's visit to Dallas for NBC News.

After shots rang out in Dealey Plaza MacNeil, who was with the presidential motorcade, followed crowds running onto the Grassy Knoll ( he appears in a photo taken just moments after the assassination ).

This conclusion was made by historian William Manchester in his book The Death of a President ( 1967 ), who believed that Oswald, recounting the day's events to the Dallas police, mistook MacNeil as a Secret Service agent because of his suit, blond crew cut, and press badge ( which Oswald apparently mistook for government identification ).

For his part, MacNeil says " it was possible, but I had no way of confirming that either of the young men I had spoken to was Oswald.

Carole MacNeil ( born February 2, 1964 ) is an award-winning television journalist and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

MacNeil was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Kenzie MacNeil ( born September 2, 1952 in Sydney, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian songwriter, performer, producer and director in television, film, radio and stage, and a former Conservative Party of Canada candidate.

Angus Brendan MacNeil ( Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas Brianan MacNèill ) ( born 21 July 1970 ) is the Scottish National Party ( SNP ) Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Na h-Eileanan an Iar.

Allister Wences MacNeil ( born September 27, 1935 in Sydney, Nova Scotia ) is a former National Hockey League player and coach.

Davies was born in Sichuan, China, the son of Baptist missionaries John Paton and Helen Elizabeth ( MacNeil ) Davies Sr. His grandfather was Welsh immigrant and Cleveland drygoods merchant Caleb Davies.

Upon retiring as a player, MacNeil turned to coaching with the Montreal Voyageurs of the American Hockey League, top farm club of the Canadiens, for the 1969 – 70 season.

Margaret MacNeil ( Helena Bonham Carter ) has already lost her father and an older brother and for her, life alone would be preferable to marrying a mine worker — that is until the charming Neil Currie ( Clive Russell ) shows up.

* Helena Bonham Carter: Margaret MacNeil

* 1931 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist

** Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist

Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer and Robert MacNeil were partnered at the anchor desk on The Scherer-MacNeil Report on Saturdays and continued until 1967.

* Robert MacNeil, Wordstruck

Lehrer began working with PBS network in 1973, and in 1975 developed and co-anchored The MacNeil / Lehrer Report with Robert MacNeil.

The post-clearance population is recorded as 57 in 1881 ( with a further 62 on Sanday ), in which year MacNeil sold to Robert Thom, a ship owner from Glasgow.

Past winners include Walter Cronkite ( 1989 ), Carl T. Rowan ( 1990 ), Helen Thomas ( 1991 ), Tom Brokaw ( 1992 ), Larry King ( 1993 ), Charles Kuralt of CBS ( 1994 ), Albert R. Hunt and Judy Woodruff ( 1995 ), Robert MacNeil ( 1996 ), Cokie Roberts ( 1997 ), Tim Russert and Louis D. Boccardi ( 1998 ), John Seigenthaler ( 1999 ), Jim Lehrer ( 2001 ), Tom Curley ( 2002 ), Don Hewitt of CBS ( 2004 ), Garrison Keillor ( 2005 ), Bob Schieffer of CBS ( 2006 ), John Quinn and Ken Paulson ( 2007 ), Charles Overby ( 2008 ), Katie Couric ( 2009 ), and Brian Lamb of C-SPAN ( 2011 ).

This helped lead to his most famous news role, where he worked with Jim Lehrer to create The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975.

Robert MacNeil became a U. S. citizen in 1997 and " n January 1998, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada.

* A Tribute to Robert MacNeil ( NewsHour with Jim Lehrer )

The show is produced by MacNeil / Lehrer Productions, a company co-owned by former anchors Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, and Liberty Media, which owns a 65 % stake in the company.

Starting in October 20, 1975 to November 28, 1975, the show was called The Robert MacNeil Report.

This recognition led to the 1975 creation of The Robert MacNeil Report, a half-hour local news program for WNET, each episode of which covered a single issue in-depth.

On September 27, 2010, PBS NewsHour was presented with the Chairman ’ s Award at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards, with Robert MacNeil, Jim Lehrer, longtime executive producer Les Crystal, and current executive producer Linda Winslow receiving the award on the show's behalf.

He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the 1980 film Fame, Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop and Dr. Robert Romano on the NBC medical drama television series ER.

* Robert MacNeil and William Cran, Do You Speak American?

While C-SPAN does not usually cover narrative fiction due to its nonfiction mission, it may occasionally be featured, as when Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer appeared in 1999 to talk about their novels.

At NBC-TV, Chet Huntley, Bill Ryan and Frank McGee anchored from the network's emergency " flash " studio ( code name 5HN ) in New York, with reports from David Brinkley in Washington, Charles Murphy and Tom Whelan from NBC affiliate WBAP-TV ( now KXAS-TV ) in Fort Worth, Texas, and Robert MacNeil, who had been in the motorcade, at Parkland Hospital.