Sir John Donald Brown Junor (15 January 1919 – 3 May 1997) was a Scottish journalist and editor-in-chief of the Sunday Express, having previously worked as a columnist there. He then moved to the Mail on Sunday.

Junor is mostly remembered for his comment "...with compatriots like these (the IRA Brighton bombers) wouldn't you rather admit to being a pig than be Irish?". Following complaints Junor was censured by the Press Council

Press Council

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 in May 1985.

On 24 January 1957, Junor was called to the Bar of the House of Commons to be reprimanded for contempt of Parliament - the last non-politician to be so called. The matter concerned an article about petrol allocation that appeared in the Sunday Express on 16 December 1956. Junor apologised:
He was also noted for recurrent catchphrases, two of them being "pass the sick-bag, Alice" and "I don't know, but I think we should be told". Junor frequently mentioned the small town of Auchtermuchty

Auchtermuchty

Auchtermuchty is a town in Fife, Scotland, situated beside Pitlour Hill nine miles north of Glenrothes. Until 1975 it was a royal burgh, established under charter of King James V in 1517. There is evidence of human habitation in the area dating back over 2,000 years, and the Romans are known to...

 in Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

.

Born in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, he studied at Glasgow University

University of Glasgow

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 and had a wartime commission in the Fleet Air Arm

Fleet Air Arm

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. At Glasgow University he became president of the University Liberal Club, and later stood unsuccessfully three times for Parliament for the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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. He was knighted in 1980.

Junor married in 1942, and had two children. The journalist, Penny Junor

Penny Junor

Penny Junor is an English journalist and author.-Education:Junor was educated at the independent Benenden School in Kent and read History at St Andrew's University, but left in her second year to get married....

 is his daughter, and the journalist, Sam Leith

Sam Leith

Sam Leith is a British writer, journalist and columnist.After an education at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, Leith worked at revived satirical magazine Punch, before moving to the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph, where he served as literary editor until 2008...

, his grandson.