17/04/2011
Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.
Carolyn Quinn talks to Daily Mail political commentator Iain Martin and polling blogger Mike Smithson about the referendum on changing the voting system used to elect MPs. They also discuss the United Kingdom Independence Party and its prospects in the forthcoming local elections in England.
UKIP's leader Nigel Farage takes part in a live discussion about the big political stories with the Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb and the former Labour minister Pat McFadden. They discuss Britain's role in Libya, immigration and the referendum on the voting system.
Professor Jon Tonge of Liverpool University previews the elections to the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly.
Programme editor: Terry Dignan.
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