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There, I feel better now.

very insightful, at times infuriating (because of the pig-headedness and the chicanery of the politicians involved), a very informative read about the shambles of brexit.

some parts involving Gove and Johnson are like a Jeeves and Wooster book, but without Jeeves - just a pair of clueless toffs expecting that even if everything crashes down around them, somebody will appear to offer them a brandy and extricate them from the mess

An entertaining read with some interesting insight into the nature of UK politics and the psychology of politicians in general. However, I found some of the pro-tory and anti-Corbyn bias grating. Granted, the Corbynistas -- especially in this early period of their Labour Party reign -- were often incompetent and laughably stubborn and Corbyn's wishy-washy performance during the Brexit campaign merits criticism. That said, I found a lot of the writing about Corbyn and the far-left to be cartoonishly vicious in a way that Shipman's writing about Tory and even UKIP politicians were not. None of the generous benefit of the doubt and thoughtful consideration were given to Corbyn and allies that were afforded all the other figures in the book. This isn't to say that Shipman avoids harsh criticism of figures like Nigel Farage and Michael Gove -- it's just that he digs to find their positive attributes as well. None of the such was done for Corbyn or Labour.

An interesting read that gives a better perspective than was possible at the time.

Brickbats to Cameron for his complacency and for always putting party before country.

Also to Corbyn, McDonnell and Milne for their destructive deceitfulness.

And finally to Johnson and Gove who never expected to win but knew very clearly the difficult waters ahead should leave win. That's right - those challenges that they are still struggling to resolve.

Hmmmm

I.found this a tough read and I don't feel history has been kind to some of the judgements that are made. It is very much an insider account
informative slow-paced

A fascinating and readable history of the Brexit referendum. If you want to follow the twists and turns that led to the result, there can't be many sources better than this.
informative slow-paced

tim shipman loves tories

georgesc's review

4.0
informative reflective slow-paced