Ukip made substantial gains across England in local council elections just one year out from a general election. So should leaders of the main political parties be quaking in their boots or was it a case of the electorate blowing off steam before the serious business of 2015?
Joining Tom Clark to discuss it all are the Guardian's special projects editor James Ball; our political columnist Michael White and the editor of Lib Dem voice Stephen Tall.
Also this week: the Prince of Wales has found himself in hot water after remarks he made to a member of the public in Canada were apparently overheard by a Daily Mail journalist. The prince is said to have compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler.
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