Fall Out
by Tim Shipman · first published 2017
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The unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May's battle for a Brexit deal, the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War. By the bestselling author of All Out War, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2017. This is the unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May's battle for a Brexit deal - the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War. Fall Out tells of how a leader famed for her caution battled her bitterly divided cabinet at
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I can strongly recommend Tim Shipman's "Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem" for an account of the post Brexit vote annus horribilis. The only thing to look forward to with Brexit is reading his account, some time next year, of the current antics.
on “Brexit: France activates no-deal plan” ↗…whatever happens - his previous two books on the Brexit campaigns and May's troubled time as PM are outstanding: https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Out-War-Britains-Political/dp/0... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fall-Out-Year-Political-Mayhem/dp/0...
on “That sinking feeling” ↗Some politics books I've read or re-read this year: Fall Out - Tim Shipman, on of his astonishingly detailed quartet on Britain's exit from the EU; Robert Blake's biography of Disraeli, magisterial yet readable; Boris Johnson's memoir Unleashed, great fun if…
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗