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Radio 4,23 May 2014,45 mins

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UKIP gains over 100 seats in the local elections - but is this an electoral spasm or political earthquake? And what about the European elections? Meanwhile Egypt goes to the polls on Monday to elect a new President, and Ukrainian separatists in the east of the country are weighing up whether they'll vote in their own poll this weekend. With Philippa Thomas.

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