The Daily Politics - 19/03/2010

Jo Coburn has the top political stories of the day. Her guests are Andrew Pierce from the Daily Mail and Polly Toynbee from the Guardian. We'll be keeping an eye on talks taking place at the TUC headquarters between British Airways and Unite. The result of an RMT ballot on strike action are expected, which could mean further disruption for rail passengers over Easter. We look at the impact of the strikes and asking whether it could be the taste of things to come. UKIP delegates are gathering in Milton Keynes for a final rally before the election. We assess their chances of a breakthrough and ask the party leader Lord Pearson whether the existence of UKIP could in fact be harming their cause of preventing even further European integration. The children's author Michael Morpurgo is on the programme talking about his concerns over children being sent to Yarl's Wood detention centre. Has this been the week that the Conservatives got their campaign back on track? Labour have been hit buy a string of negative stories and the polls are beginning to show a turn around. We'll ask whether David Cameron's back on track. And of course Giles will be here with his round up of this week's Top of the Political Pops.