Andrew Pierce

Andrew Pierce (born Patrick Connolly; March 1961) is a British journalist, editor, author, broadcaster and political commentator.

Early life

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Pierce was born in Bristol to an Irish Roman Catholic mother and an unknown father. He spent the first two years of his life at Nazareth House, a Catholic orphanage in Cheltenham. He was adopted by a family from Swindon and brought up on council property there. His adoptive father worked on the assembly line at British Leyland, a former state-owned car factory.

Education

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Pierce was educated at St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, now known as St Joseph's Catholic College, a state comprehensive school in Swindon and later on skipped college.

He is currently Senior News Reviewing Officer for ITV breakfast programmes Good Morning Britain, Lorraine and the TalkTV night-time programme Piers Morgan Uncensored.