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Introduction
Adam Boulton is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is currently a regular panelist on TalkTV. He was formerly editor-at-large of Sky News and presenter of All Out Politics and Week In Review. He is also the former political editor of Sky News. He is based at Sky News’ Westminster studios in Central London. He was previously the political editor of TV-am, an ITV early-morning broadcasting franchise holder.
Boulton held the post of Sky’s political editor since being asked to establish its politics team for the launch of the channel in 1989. He is the former presenter of Sky News’ Sunday Live with Adam Boulton, and presented a regular weekday news and political program on Sky News, entitled Boulton and Co from 2011 to 2014. In 2013 Boulton received an Honorary Doctorate of Business from Plymouth University. He claims not to have voted for any party since becoming a journalist.
Early life
| Name | Adam Boulton |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Journalist, Broadcaster |
| Age | 64 years |
| Height | 1.83m |
Thomas Adam Babington Boulton was born on February 15, 1959 (age 64 years) in Reading, Berkshire, England. He is the son of British parents. His father was a pioneering anesthetist Dr. Thomas Babington Boulton OBE (1925–2016) and his mother is Helen Brown. He comes from a family of bank managers and clerks, with a medical tradition on his mother’s side.
Boulton was educated at Tower House School, a preparatory school in south-west London, at St Andrew’s School, Pangbourne, a preparatory school in Berkshire, and at Westminster School, a boarding school for boys in Westminster in Central London, where he took A-levels in English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. He then studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins University, where he gained degrees in English and International Relations.
Career
Adam Boulton had early roles at IPS News and the BBC. Before joining Sky News, he worked as a journalist in the parliamentary lobby. He was then political editor for TV-am, where his colleague was Kay Burley who later joined Sky News. It was during the 1987 general election that he was punched by Denis Healey after Anne Diamond asked Healey about his wife using private healthcare; the incident was witnessed by gossip columnist Nigel Dempster.
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Boulton was asked to establish the politics team for the launch of Sky News in 1989. He thereby began a long tenure as political editor of the news channel. Boulton won the Royal Television Society’s supreme Judge’s Award and was elected the 2007 chairman of the parliamentary lobby. On 15 June 2008 he became the first British television reporter to conduct a joint interview of US President George W. Bush and his wife Laura. Boulton was based in Washington, D.C. from January 2009, covering the first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency for Sky News.
On 22 April 2010, during the UK general election campaign, Boulton hosted Sky News’ leaders’ debate live from Bristol, the second in a series of three televised debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg produced, in turn, and on consecutive Thursdays, by ITV News, Sky News and the BBC. On 10 May 2010, while covering events in the aftermath of the general election, Boulton lost his composure with former 10 Downing Street Director of Communications Alastair Campbell, defending his impartiality in a live on-air interview after Campbell accused Boulton of political bias in favor of the Conservatives.
Adam Boulton shouted at Campbell: “Don’t tell me what I think”. At the time both Labour and the Conservatives were trying to broker a deal with the Liberal Democrats aimed at forming a coalition government. A similar disagreement occurred later on that evening in an exchange with Ben Bradshaw. The media regulator Ofcom received several hundred complaints about the Campbell incident from viewers. During the campaign, he had been asked to calm down by Peter Mandelson when he questioned him about possible spending cuts that the Financial Times believed would have to be made following the election.
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He was also accused of bias for the way he questioned Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, it was claimed in contravention of the pre-established rules, during the leaders’ debate hosted by Sky News. Ofcom rejected the complaints. On 20 January 2011, Boulton once again interviewed Alastair Campbell on Sky News, ahead of Tony Blair’s appearance in front of the Iraq Inquiry. Both apologized about the incident and shook hands at the end of the interview. Boulton left the role of Sky News’ political editor before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to become its Editor-at-large.
Adam Boulton had been a political editor for 25 years and five general elections. His successor in the role was Faisal Islam and then Beth Rigby, who succeeded Mr. Islam in 2019 when he left for the BBC. Since 2017, Boulton has presented All Out Politics on Sky News, from 9 am to 11 am, Monday to Friday. He also maintains a blog on the Sky News website and presents Week in Review. Additionally, he presents a review of Prime Minister’s Questions on a Wednesday evening, with regular guests to discuss the performance of ministers involved in the House of Commons earlier in the day and more seriously, the legislation and ideas that they present to the House.
Boulton has written for newspapers and magazines including The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Spectator, New Statesman and Independent. He has been a guest on programs such as Newsnight, Bremner, Bird and Fortune and Have I Got News for You. He has interviewed every British Prime Minister from David Cameron back to Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
On 10 November 2021, Boulton announced he would be leaving Sky News at the end of the year. In an interview with The Times, he explained: “It looks like the direction which Sky News wants to go over the next few years is not one that’s a particularly good fit for me. Sky News head John Ryley believes the future of news is digital, is on the platform for phones and is very strongly based around data journalism. At that point you do start thinking”.
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In April 2022, Adam Boulton has become a regular panelist on the TalkTV (British TV channel) program ‘The News Desk with Tom Newton Dunn’. Boulton presents a Sunday Morning Show between 10 am -1 pm for Times Radio alongside Kate McCann. He continues to be a freelance Political Contributor for Sky News GB News and Talk TV (British TV Channel)
Wife
Adam Boulton was married to his first wife Kerena Anne Boulton. They divorced after his affair with Tony Blair’s spin doctor Anji Hunter became front-page tabloid news in 2002. His first wife Kerena is the sister of former Labour Minister and environmentalist Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett, and eldest daughter of former British Steel Corporation Chairman Julian Mond and Sonia Melchett, writer and socialite. Adam Boulton is currently married to Anji Hunter, they had their wedding on July 22, 2006, at St James’s Church, Piccadilly. The couple have children from their previous marriages.
Adam Boulton net worth
How much is Adam Boulton worth? Adam Boulton net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a journalist and broadcaster. Adam Boulton’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $400,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is one of the richest and most influential broadcasters in the United Kingdom. He stands at an appealing height of 1.83m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.