Local election political review with Mary Ann Sieghart

Taking the nod from Tory Ken Clarke branding UKIP a "collection of clowns", Mary Ann Sieghart headed to the circus to review the political week leading up a to series of elections for rural councils, two mayors and an MP on Thursday.

She looked at the politicians in the headlines and how the bigger parties campaigned in the final few days as millions of votes were up for grabs.

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