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Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

Adam Boulton currently contributes to Times Radio, Talk TV, Sky News, and Reaction. He is a founder member of both TVam and Sky News, for whom he was political editor and presenter over three decades. Boulton has interviewed every British Prime Minister back to Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and covered US politics since the Reagan era, conducting exclusive extended TV interviews with Barack Obama and George W Bush. He is author of two books, Tony’s Ten Years and Hung Together, a recipient of the Royal Television Society’s supreme Judge’s Award and a fellow of King’s College London.
Matt Hancock, former Health Secretary and future I'm a celebrity contestant

Hancock’s TV venture could play out in his favour

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

The former Health Secretary’s political allies are not amused by his populist truancy. Yet public humiliation and self-deprecation have worked for other politicians who preceded him. 

Britain's Prime Ministers

Top Trumps: Who is Britain’s Worst Ever Prime Minister?

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

Perhaps the title of “Worst Ever Prime Minister” should be contested by the dud four Prime Ministers we have had since 2010.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leave 10 Downing Street London, ahead of a Cabinet meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Loyalty is no longer the Tory party’s secret weapon 

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

The main calculation seems to be whether keeping a leader in place is good or bad for each individual’s immediate prospects, never mind the national interest

Liz Truss, leader of Conservative Party

History doesn’t repeat itself precisely but the Tory Party has been in a similar mess before

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

This is a classic leadership crisis: Ignorance, arrogance and inexperience culminated in palpable misjudgments which failed to convince either the markets or the electorate.

Heather Small, former lead singer of the band M People.

Tories and Republicans are serial offenders at annoying pop stars

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

Nineties band M People are “livid” that their hit song was used at the Tory party conference. But pop stars harrumphing about their music being played by Right wingers are as predictable as standing ovations.

Liverpool, UK, 26.September 2022 Keir Starmer and Gary Neville in conversation with questions from Lucy Powell at Labour conference in Liverpool. Liverpool Kings Dock. Liverpool UK. Picture: gary

A reckless season of party conferences

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

The mood at the Tory party Conference in Birmingham is set to be somewhat gloomier than that in Liverpool this week.

Brighton UK 09 29 2021: Sir Keir Starmer giving his speech to the Labour Party Conference

Labour may well return to power

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | UK Politics

Just for a moment, let us consider how prettily Labour is sitting at this mid-point of a putative five year parliament.

The State Opening of Parliament 2015 attended by Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

Continuity and Change: how will King Charles tread the fine line between the two? 

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | Columnists

The Queen mastered continuity, but under our new monarch, we can expect change.

The Queen via Number 10 Flickr

Forever the Queen 

Adam BoultonAdam Boulton | Columnists

Elizabeth the Great is a fitting nickname for Elizabeth II but is there need for it? She may well forever be known around the world as simply “The Queen”.

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