As this election campaign gets stranger and stranger, it is leading us into a warped, hallucinogenic wonderland. The political colours blur and wobble. The possible outcomes multiply. Soon we'll need a parliamentary version of chaos theory – quantum politics, perhaps.
It starts with "strange attractors" – the growing likelihood of a Tory-Lib Dem coalition government, with David Cameron and Nick Clegg sending out cautious coded messages of mutual interest. Among all the possible outcomes, from a straight Tory victory through to a Lib-Lab coalition or pact, this one has been least analysed. Yet if the polls are any guide, a blue-yellow deal is on the cards.
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