Adam Boulton
@adamboulton.bsky.social
UK Broadcaster, Political Journalist, Columnist: Times Radio, Sky News, The i Paper, Reaction, Substack, Newsnight etc
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@adamboulton.bsky.social with julia langdon on Times Radio sunday afternoon giving a fascinating rundown on every PM who has faced backbench revolts and backstabbing since the 1930s.
In summary, our dysfunctional system produces ineffective leadership undermind by conspirators. Starmer take note!
In summary, our dysfunctional system produces ineffective leadership undermind by conspirators. Starmer take note!
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@adamboulton.bsky.social with julia langdon on Times Radio sunday afternoon giving a fascinating rundown on every PM who has faced backbench revolts and backstabbing since the 1930s.
In summary, our dysfunctional system produces ineffective leadership undermind by conspirators. Starmer take note!
In summary, our dysfunctional system produces ineffective leadership undermind by conspirators. Starmer take note!
A year on, Keir Starmer wears his convictions more lightly than ever
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A year on, Keir Starmer wears his convictions more lightly than ever
The PM’s readiness to change course will inevitably invite further challenges.
www.reaction.life
July 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A year on, Keir Starmer wears his convictions more lightly than ever
www.reaction.life/p/a-year-on-...
www.reaction.life/p/a-year-on-...
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Demob-happy IFS director tears into Rachel Reeves’s spending review
Demob-happy IFS director tears into Rachel Reeves’s spending review
Blistering analysis by outgoing chief concludes chancellor likely to end up ‘gnat’s whisker’ away from tax rises
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Demob-happy IFS director tears into Rachel Reeves’s spending review
Yes as I say in the piece - I do not have a vote but would be inclined to back Browne. Full disclosure. I CLARIFICATION: Mohammed El-Erian says that if elected he will stay based in the UK. As for my literacy, I won’t blame the subs, I am an Oxford MA in English and Language.
Lord Browne of Madingley attended Boulton's wedding to Anji Hunter
@adamboulton.bsky.social has now written an article with little research, grammar, spelling & punctuation
I wonder, can you guess who he strongly backs as Chancellor of Cambridge University ? 😉
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@adamboulton.bsky.social has now written an article with little research, grammar, spelling & punctuation
I wonder, can you guess who he strongly backs as Chancellor of Cambridge University ? 😉
www.reaction.life/p/as-cambrid...
As Cambridge elects a new Chancellor, there are two serious candidates to consider
It still matters who lands the job of titular head.
www.reaction.life
June 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Yes as I say in the piece - I do not have a vote but would be inclined to back Browne. Full disclosure. I CLARIFICATION: Mohammed El-Erian says that if elected he will stay based in the UK. As for my literacy, I won’t blame the subs, I am an Oxford MA in English and Language.
Politicians trying to re-inflame the Brexit wars are wasting their time
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Politicians trying to re-inflame the Brexit wars are wasting their time
While pollsters suggests a majority favours closer relationships with Europe, the British public can see that rejoining the EU is a dead issue and it has moved on.
www.reaction.life
May 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Politicians trying to re-inflame the Brexit wars are wasting their time
www.reaction.life/p/politician...
www.reaction.life/p/politician...
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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
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I've always loved Paul Rudnick's wit.
May 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I've always loved Paul Rudnick's wit.
The politics of State Visits
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www.reaction.life/p/the-politi...
The politics of State Visits
Starmer, much like his predecessor, has played his ace of a State Visit invitation.
www.reaction.life
April 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The politics of State Visits
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www.reaction.life/p/the-politi...
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Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨
The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted
April 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted
