Adam Boulton

Charmed by your comments. How do you know I don’t know the details? You may be the apparatchik not me.

Jenrick rules out Tory-Reform pact ahead of 2029 To the parties of opposition, about whom some rather interesting stories have emerged. The Financial Times has reported today that Nigel Farage has told his donors that he expects Reform UK to do an…

The parties are not exactly worlds apart – and the trickle of former Tories into Reform certainly raises questions.

✍️ Steerpike

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Thanks to Times Radio for having me on Sunday Morning with @adamboulton.bsky.social to talk about recent history of Russia’s agreements on international security, and lessons for current negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
@saishopkins.bsky.social
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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!

The divisiveness of "centrist" Starmer Keir Starmer is no centrist. He has turned out to be one of the most divisive political leaders of modern times.

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Lords reform scratches a partisan itch without delivering worthwhile change Frustration is widespread among the Lords’ lobby folder and it is unlikely to dissipate over the summer.

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Donald Trump's golf imperialism Golf is another front in Trump’s campaign to bend the world to his will.

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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.

A year on, Keir Starmer wears his convictions more lightly than ever
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World-shaking events in Iran are further evidence of a weak transatlantic alliance The UK and Europe have been sidelined during America’s latest adventure in the Middle East, perhaps to the relief of all parties.

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The private mood between G7 leaders will be as rocky as the venue This year’s meeting of the world’s richest democratic nations will achieve little.

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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

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.

M*A*S*H's anti-war themes helped to define an era for the better The long-running TV sitcom made American and British audiences think through the implications of the Vietnam war. No equivalent programme today entertains so constructively.

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UK defence review ignores the elephant in the room: an unreliable America The possibility that the US may be turning into an unreliable ally is unwritten, though it must surely be the strongest argument for increasing Britain's security capability.

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Alan Yentob showed why the arts merit a place in mainstream programming Yentob’s passing feels like the closing of an era. These days, arts documentaries are most likely to be found on subscription channels. There are no mainstream cultural programmes on the BBC and ITV.

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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.

Politicians trying to re-inflame the Brexit wars are wasting their time
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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?

The striking parallels between the assisted dying and trans rights movements Both campaigns share prescriptive sensitivity over language and risk prioritising the rights of a small minority.

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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

I've always loved Paul Rudnick's wit.

Labour’s inflexibility has backfired The government has hedged itself in and ruled out options.

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Trump latest: Mike Waltz leaving post at White House, reports say - hours after TV appearance Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz is leaving his role, according to reports. Waltz added a journalist to a Signal chat with Trump officials about military plans and admitted the leak...

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The politics of State Visits Starmer, much like his predecessor, has played his ace of a State Visit invitation.

The politics of State Visits
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Happy Easter, EVERYONE!! 👇

Seemed. Appropriate. Today. 😎✨

The British economy has lost out - and sucking up to Trump will only get Starmer so far A ban on bringing meat and cheese home from Europe is said to be designed to protect British livestock, but is another reminder of the bureaucratic botheration hamstringing the economy since Brexit, s...

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The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted

Yes, politics really is a rollercoaster Rollercoasters are springing up all round, literally and metaphorically.

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Money and grotesque flattery: The art of doing a deal with Donald Trump is to make sure there is an 'upside' for him After destabilising the whole US economy and starting a trade war against China, just how good a deal-maker is Donald Trump?

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As The Great Gatsby turns 100, Trump's America gives it special resonance Trump is a self-mythologising social climber, just like Gatsby. He and his leading MAGA supporters also have much in common with Gatsby’s antithesis, the brutal Tom Buchanan.

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France needs to sort its political mess - or populist winds blowing from the US will strengthen France and Europe need effective leadership from a French president - the unnecessary judicial suspension of Marine Le Pen's candidacy has simply generated uncertainty for both her friends and foes.

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