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The unmissable final instalment of Tim Shipmans #1 bestselling Brexit trilogy.
How did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britains Prime Minister How did he pursue his promise to Get Brexit Done amidst multiple Brexit secretaries, repeated coup attempts and reshuffles, and an extraordinarily terse relationship with Brussels What really happened in Downing Street from the political choices to the party place settings as the pandemic took the world in its grip

To follow his bestselling books All Out War and Fall Out, this book launches off from 2017 to offer an unflinching, unfiltered account of unprecedented times.

In the company of all the key players and with countless never-before-revealed insights, this book traces our political moment from Mays resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the governments response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever.

This is the ultimate insider narrative to the last five years of government, revealing the strategies, gambles, mistakes, mindsets and scandals that have shaped and shaken Britain.

As always, political insider and Chief Political Commentator for the Sunday Times Tim Shipman unleashes a slew of insight and gossip to reveal the democratic drama as it really happened.

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Praise for Fall Out

'The doyen of high-class gossip is Shipman, whose All Out War was last years bestselling guide to the referendum campaign. Its sequel takes up where that left off Shipmans books are fast becoming classics Its testament to the rigour of [his] research that the book doesnt feel dated despite the speed at which events at Westminster have moved since it went to press' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian

This extraordinary book reads like a roaring farce jam-packed with fresh, illuminating details Shipmans writing has admirable clarity and drive For anyone who wants to relive the past year this book is a must Craig Brown, Mail On Sunday

All Out War was the best political book published last year its triumphant sequel is even better Alex Massie, Spectator

Gripping If journalism is the "first rough draft" of history, then Shipman is the master of the second, tidied up, version of events A mixture of political thriller, psychological analysis and campaign diary, this is a page-turner for anyone interested in politics Rachel Sylvester, The Times

Readers who enjoyed the lucid prose and unrivalled access that made the first book such a treat will love its sequel New Statesman

Shipman a major-domo with a notebook in his waistcoat pocket bends over backwards to be fair It is crammed with detailed description and the transcribed thoughts of those who were there when the key decisions were taken Andrew Marr, Sunday Times

Excellent engrossing a witty phrase-maker Shipman does a fine job of making sense of the period since the Brexit referendum illuminating Andrew Rawnsley, Observer

Author Bio

Tim Shipman is the political editor of the Sunday Times. He has been a national newspaper journalist since 1997 and in sixteen years writing about politics he has also reported from Westminster for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. Tim was Washington correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph during Barack Obamas historic first election campaign. He has covered four general elections, three presidential elections, two wars and more leadership contests than he can count. He popularized the word omnishambles in Westminster long before George Osborne based a budget on the idea. Tim was chairman of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in 2012. He was shortlisted for the Political Journalist of the Year award at the British Press Awards in 2015, 2016, and 2017. He lives in south-east London with his wife and more than two thousand books.