Tim Shipman

Tim Shipman is the Chief Political Commentator of the Sunday Times and author of two bestselling books on Brexit, All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class and Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem, together they have sold over one hundred thousand copies. An engaging, informed and amusing speaker, Tim is widely acknowledged to have the best contacts in the business and uses them to help lift the veil on what is really going on and who is doing what to whom in Westminster and beyond.

Tim is the most decorated political journalist of the last few years, garnering fourteen nominations for major awards, including ten in seven years at the British Press Awards, the newspaper industry’s Oscars. He has won a unique double, being named both Political Reporter and Political Commentator of the Year.

The third and final volume of his Brexit trilogy, Out will be published in May 2023. 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. It promises to be the political book of the year.

Tim has been reporting from Westminster since 2001, covering six general elections, three referendums, two wars and countless leadership contests. He has also reported on four US elections and conducted one of just two British print interviews with Donald Trump, giving him a unique perspective on the links between British and American politics.

Tim is a regular on the Today programme and the co-presenter of Times Radio’s PMQs Unpacked show. He is an experienced broadcaster on the BBC and Sky News and has made appearances on Have I Got News For You and The News Quiz.

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