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GB News should lose its licence, says ex-Sky News editor Adam Boulton

The Guardian · May 14, 2026, 3:19 PM

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Veteran broadcaster accuses channel of ‘clear violations’ of Ofcom’s due impartiality rules UK politics live – latest updates. The former Sky News political editor Adam Boulton has said GB News should lose its broadcasting licence, as he accused Britain’s media regulator of failing in its duty to protect impartial television news.Boulton, who was Sky News’s political editor for 25 years after the channel launched in 1989, said he believed it was too late to revoke GB News’s broadcasting rights, despite bringing a partisan brand of coverage to British television since its debut in 2021. Continue reading...

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