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Gianfranco Baldini is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Research Associate at the Centre for Britain and Europe, University of Surrey, UK.
This book examines the seismic impact of Brexit on the British political system, assessing its likely long-term effect in terms of a significantly changed political and constitutional landscape.
Introduction 1. The Westminster model and the UK political system before Brexit 2. Understanding the Brexit effect 3. Westminster preserved: Elections, party system, and the absorption of the Brexit shock 4. Westminster challenged: The constrained dominance of the executive 5. Westminster reasserted: A unitary but disunited state 6. Understanding the Brexit strains during the Covid crisis 7. Conclusions: British politics after Brexit