1. The calling of the election -- 2. The long goodbye: Brexit -- 3. Rebuilding the ship at sea: The Conservatives -- 4. The man who wasn't there: Labour under Corbyn -- 5. An unexpected journey: the smaller parties in Parliament and in the polls -- 6. Get Brexit done: the national campaign -- 7. The Red Wall falls -- 8. The polls: redemption? -- 9. Fragmented and polarised: broadcasting and social media -- 10. Enduring brands: the press -- 11. Political recruitment under pressure, again -- 12. The devolved nations -- 13. The geography of a Brexit election: how constituency context and the electoral system shaped the outcome -- 14. The British voter in 2019 -- 15. The election in retrospect -- Appendix 1: Further analysis of the results -- Appendix 2: The voting statistics.

" 'The British General Election of 2019' is the definitive account of one of the most consequential and controversial general elections in recent times, when Boris Johnson gambled everything calling an early election to 'Get Brexit Done', and emerged triumphant. Drawing upon cutting-edge research and wide-ranging elite interviews, the new author team provides a compelling and accessible narrative of this landmark election and its implications for British politics, built on unparalleled access to all the key players, and married up to first-class data analysis. The 21st volume in a prestigious series dating back to 1945, it offers something for everyone from Westminster insiders and politics students to the interested general reader."--