Tim Shipman

Biography

Tim Shipman is the Chief Political Commentator of the Sunday Times and author of three bestselling books on Brexit, All Out War and Fall Out, and No Way Out. together they have sold well over one hundred thousand copies. The fourth and final book in the series, simpy titled Out is due for publication following the July election.

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 who in Westminster and beyond.

Tim is one of 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.

Tim has been reporting from Westminster since 2001, covering seven 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.