Tim Shipman is the Political Editor of The Spectator magazine, a role he assumed in June of this year. Previously, he spent 11 years at The Sunday Times as Chief Political Commentator and Political Editor. His quartet of books on the turmoil in British politics following the Brexit referendum has sold more than 150,000 copies... Read more
Tim Shipman is the Political Editor of The Spectator magazine, a role he assumed in June of this year. Previously, he spent 11 years at The Sunday Times as Chief Political Commentator and Political Editor.
His quartet of books on the turmoil in British politics following the Brexit referendum has sold more than 150,000 copies and is widely regarded as the definitive insider account of the most turbulent period in domestic politics since the Second World War.
An engaging, informed, and amusing speaker, Tim is widely acknowledged to have the best contacts in the business. He uses them to lift the veil on what is really going on, and who is doing what to whom, in Westminster and beyond.
Tim is one of the most decorated political journalists of recent years, garnering fourteen nominations for major awards, including ten in seven years at the British Press Awards, the newspaper industry’s equivalent of the Oscars. He has won a unique double, being named both Political Reporter and Political Commentator of the Year.
He 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 U.S. 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.