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Robert Ford is Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester and Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. He is the author of several award winning books on elections, public opinion and politics, including Revolt on the Right; Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box; Brexitland; and The British General Election of 2019. Rob has worked with the BBC elections analysis team since 2005, covering local, devolved, European and general elections, the Scottish independence referendum and the EU referendum, and helping to produce the exit polls for the last five elections. He comments regularly on British politics for a wide range of outlets, including the Observer, the New Statesman, various BBC outlets and Sky News.