Adam Boulton and Alastair Campbell: kiss and make up?

Boulton  & Co: Adam Boulton with Alastair Campbell
Adam Boulton and Alastair Campbell: making up? Photograph: Sky News

Adam Boulton's interview with Alastair Campbell on his new Sky News show today, eight months after the Sky political editor memorably lost his rag during their exchange in the aftermath of the general election, was a rather more genial affair. Indeed it ended with an apology from Campbell and a handshake – as well as the least likely namedrop ever when Campbell told Boulton: "Peter Schmeichel sent me a text and said 'Shake his hand at the end'..." It was not the most convincing of handshakes, as you can see, and we're not sure how hard Campbell is pressing on Boulton's hand with his thumb, but the sinews don't appear to be straining too much. Thank goodness for that. As TV reunions go, all it needed was the theme music from Surprise, Surprise and a cameo appearance by Cilla Black. There wouldn't have been a dry eye in Westminster. Altogether now: "The more the world is changing, the more it stays the same ..."