Adam Boulton

2 days ago | reaction.life | Adam Boulton

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the Commons for further consideration on Friday. MPs voted it through in principle by 330 to 375 late last November and must now decide whether to approve it conclusively. Similar legislation is also making its way through the Scottish parliament. Assisted Dying seems so obviously to be a good cause. What could be wrong with helping to end the pain and indignity of people who are “going to die soon anyway”?

2 weeks ago | reaction.life | Adam Boulton

Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, Huw Edwards, Stuart Hall, Greg Wallace, Tim Westwood, Russell Brand, Jermaine Jenas, bullies and gropers on Strictly Come Dancing. Every organisation has its rotten apples. Show business is sometimes dirty business. The BBC is the oldest and largest national broadcaster in the world – with some 22,000 employees. All the same that is an exceptionally long roll of dishonour of on-screen talent associated with unacceptable behaviour or worse.

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Adam Boulton

David Axelrod, Barack Obama's chief strategist, tried to downplay interest in the president's first "100 days". He said it is just a "hallmark holiday", meaning that the date is of little interest to those who make a point of remembering milestones such as greeting card manufacturers. That did not prevent a reluctant Obama from having to join the media in assessing what he had achieved in his first few months in the White House.

3 weeks ago | reaction.life | Adam Boulton

Donald Trump likes pomp and circumstance, especially when it is in celebration of himself. Just look at the gilt embellishments which have gone up in the Oval Office since he has returned. During his first term as president, Trump was openly awed when invited to France’s Bastille Day military parade and made inquiries as to whether it would be possible to do something similar in Washington DC. The “grown-ups” who were then “in the room” at the White House dissuaded him.

3 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Adam Boulton

Unwary travellers returning from the EU risk having their sandwiches and local delicacies, such as cheese, confiscated as they enter the UK. The luggage in which they are carrying their goodies may also be seized and destroyed - and if Border Force catch them trying to smuggle meat or dairy products without a declaration, they could face criminal charges. This may or may not be bureaucratic over-reaction.