No Way Out
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No Way Out

Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

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No Way Out

Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

About this book

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Meticulously sourced, merciless and revelatory. It is a closely observed study of power, and how it is gained, used and lost' FINANCIAL TIMES

The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman's #1 bestselling Brexit quartet.

To follow his bestselling books All Out War and Fall Out, this book launches off from 2017 to offer an unflinching, unfiltered account of some of the most turbulent years of British politics.

In the company of all the key players and with countless never-before-revealed insights, No Way Out traces the unprecedented disasters and triumphs of Theresa May's tenure. Spun with characteristic wit and wisdom, Shipman tells the story of May's three great negotiations – first, with her cabinet, then with the EU and finally with parliament – and chronicles her fall in thrilling detail.

This is the ultimate insider narrative to three of the most turbulent and impactful 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.

'The quantity of work required to tell a complicated, many-sided story in such detail is astonishing. What do we learn? Well, many things of genuine interest to political followers and historians. Is his book worth it? In the end, undoubtedly yes… in an age of short-attention-span social media caricature, this is proper work, the real stuff of understanding. Historians will lean on it heavily. Would-be political leaders of the future will learn from it. It will set the narrative about how Brexit was handled, in a way other journalists can only envy' ANDREW MARR, NEW STATESMAN

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Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780008712037
eBook ISBN
9780008308964

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Timeline
  9. PART ONE: OUT PLAYED
  10. 1. Original Sin: The Joint Report
  11. 2. The Monogrammed Mutineer: The Meaningful Vote
  12. 3. Out Manoeuvred: Before the Backstop
  13. PART TWO: WORKING IT OUT
  14. 4. Clear Out: ‘Pestminster’ and the Reshuffle
  15. 5. Cop Out: Chequers I and the Mansion House Speech
  16. 6. Poison: Salisbury, Syria and Antisemitism
  17. 7. Revealed Preferences: The Secret Pivot
  18. 8. Ruled Out: Paths Not Taken
  19. 9. Chequers Mate: The Cabinet Agrees
  20. 10. Brexodus: DD-Day and Bye-Bye Boris (Part I)
  21. PART THREE: FOUND OUT
  22. 11. ‘Chuck Chequers!’
  23. 12. Chequers Goes Pop!: Showdown in Salzburg
  24. 13. Out of Sight: The Tunnel
  25. 14. Sellout?: The Deal
  26. PART FOUR: NO WAY OUT
  27. 15. Zugzwang: Selling the Deal
  28. 16. No Confidence
  29. 17. ‘Nebulous’ Negotiations
  30. 18. Yellowhammered: A Brief History of No-Deal
  31. 19. Erskine Mayhem: Parliament Seizes Control
  32. 20. Wipeout: MV1
  33. 21. A Way Out?: The Malthouse Compromise
  34. 22. Walk Out: Labour, Brexit and the Breakaway
  35. 23. The Gaukeward Squad: From Croissant Club to Rebel Alliance
  36. 24. Cox’s Codpiece: The Legal Advice and MV2
  37. 25. Abstention Rebellion: The Rebel Alliance Strikes Again
  38. 26. The Queen Sacrifice: MV3
  39. 27. Out of the Question: Election Time?
  40. 28. Mating Porcupines: The Cross-Party Talks
  41. 29. Knives Out: The End of May
  42. 30. Outsiders: The Rise of the Brexit Party and the Fall of the Tiggers
  43. PART FIVE: TIME OUT
  44. 31. Déjà Blue: The Leadership Election
  45. 32. Rout: Boris v Hunt
  46. Conclusion – Theresa May: A Study in Failure
  47. Appendix I – The Meaningful Votes and Indicative Votes
  48. Appendix II – The 2019 Local and European Elections
  49. Appendix III – The 2019 Conservative Party Leadership Election
  50. List of Illustrations
  51. Bibliography
  52. Notes
  53. Index
  54. Picture Section
  55. Also by Tim Shipman
  56. About the Author
  57. About the Publisher

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