The definitive Brexit book — for now

David Frost

MOST ACCOUNTS OF THE FINAL phase of Britain’s negotiations with the EU, the phase that actually delivered Brexit and the trade deal, have so far come from the EU side. For those with the patience, My Secret Brexit Diary by Michel Barnier gives a blow-by-blow account of the negotiations, albeit with the detail fading as Barnier himself was gradually elbowed out of the process. There have been more techy accounts out of the EU negotiating team. But from our side, nothing, until Boris Johnson’s own memoir this autumn, and now, the final volume of Tim Shipman’s tetralogy of the Brexit years, Out. For now — at least until my own book is written — Shipman’s account of the Brexit years seems likely to be the definitive story. This final volume,…

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