In a parallel universe, it would have been interesting to ask either Gordon Brown or Nick Clegg if they would ever contemplate a coalition with David Cameron.  All parties of course would tell the voters that they are not canvassing for anyone apart from themselves, and they wish people to believe in their policies.

So imagine waking up on May 8th 2015, finding out that by voting for Nick Clegg or Nigel Farage, you’ve actually ended up with a Coalition government – again a repeat of the Clegg-Cameron Years (weren’t they fun?) or a new departure with the Tories-UKIP? Would UKIP be able  to foster a coalition with 1922 die-hard Tories to encourage a split from Europe? Of course, none of us would have voted for a split from Europe, but the Tories and LibDems have been good at enacting the NHS Act which we didn’t vote for either?

The reality is that Nick Clegg has made the Liberal Democrats utterly unelectable. However, Ed Miliband has to do sufficiently well to ensure that he isn’t in the firing line. Ed Miliband could however be a casualty if Labour loses the election, irrespective of whether the Tories win it or not. This brings me to the position I have warned about all along – the death of the LibDems politically could mean a lurch to the right after all. This time it could bring an exit from Europe.