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'The doyen of ... high-class gossip is the Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman, whose All Out War was last year's bestselling guide to the referendum campaign. Its sequel takes up where that left off ... Shipman's books are fast becoming classics, the equivalent of Andrew Rawnsley's guides to the New Labour era. It's testament to the rigour of [his] research that the book doesn't feel dated despite the speed at which events at Westminster have moved since it went to press' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian, Political Books of the Year `It carries on from his first book, ALL OUT WAR and is just as good. The level of detail is astonishing ... The British equivalent of Robert Caro's series of biographies of Lyndon Johnson. I can't give his books any higher praise than that' Iain Dale, LBC `A gripping account of the chaos of the last year ... If journalism is the first rough draft of history, then Tim Shipman is the master of the second, tidied up, version of events...There is plenty in Fall Out to keep the gossips entertained ... A mixture of political thriller, psychological analysis and campaign diary, this is a page-turner for anyone interested in politics' Rachel Sylvester, The Times `Excellent' Economist `For grown-ups, the best choice has to be Tim Shipman's Fall Out. If you are at all curious as to how the Government almost managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory at this year's General Election, then this spirited account will give you the inside track' Sarah Vine, Daily Mail, Books of the Year `Political book of the year' Sunday Times `This spirited account will give you the inside information' Daily Mail

Praise for `Fall Out': 'The doyen of ... high-class gossip is the Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman, whose All Out War was last year's bestselling guide to the referendum campaign. Its sequel takes up where that left off ... Shipman's books are fast becoming classics ... It's testament to the rigour of [his] research that the book doesn't feel dated despite the speed at which events at Westminster have moved since it went to press', Political Books of the Year, Guardian, Gaby Hansliff Praise for 'All Out War': `I can't imagine a more even-handed or better sourced, all points-of-view account of the biggest story in British politics since WWII ... A fine book' ANDREW MARR, Sunday Times 'Shipman's dispatches are a must read if you want to understand what happened beneath the smog and beyond the noise of the conflict' NICK ROBINSON `One of the best political journalists of his era ... Brilliant' IAIN DALE, LBC `Shipman's book is by far the best. It is a detailed, often pitch-perfect account that delivers the tale with an infectious sense of human drama - no mean feat, given the task of completing the whole thing so quickly' New Statesman `The essential account ... Shipman has spoken to every key individual to produce the definitive first draft of history, a comprehensive yet impartial study of how Brexit won' Financial Times `The best political book of the year was undoubtedly Tim Shipman's masterly `All Out War'' New Statesman `Stonkingly good: if you're vaguely interested in politics buy it. It won't be bettered' FRASER NELSON `Shipman, one of the most brilliant, best informed and well-connected journalists in Westminster, has written a superlative book which does full justice to a momentous time' PETER OBORNE `Don't think any of the quotes do justice to quite how good it is. A superb work of reporting and storytelling, and sets new benchmark for the writing of contemporary political history' ANDREW SPARROW

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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 Obama’s 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.

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