Read our privacy policyJournalist Tim Shipman has said that despite Boris Johnson’s ebullient persona, the former prime minister is actually a “loner” who “hates parties”. No Way Out is the last of Shipman’s four-book series chronicling key moments in British political history. The final instalment focuses on Boris Johnson’s role in the Brexit saga, which many blame for dividing the nation. “Boris Johnson hates parties,” Shipman said. “But when tested and in the moment of maximum kind of crisis, Churchill came through and ultimately Johnson kind of didn’t.”No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris is out now.