While the changes would be unlikely to affect the Coalition's legislative agenda as the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives command a majority of English MPs, the situation could have serious implications for the legislative agenda of a future Labour government.
The Conservatives' commanding lead in the polls is eroding (see chart).
With a week to go, the polls suggest that the old duopoly, with either Labour or the Conservatives commanding comfortable majorities under Britain's first-past-the-post system, has been replaced by a three-way split, with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats on course to pick up around 30% of the votes, just behind David Cameron's Tories and a whisker ahead of Gordon Brown's Labour.
Jitters hit the Conservatives' high command yesterday as David Cameron conceded that the British public was not yet convinced by his leadership or the prospect of a Tory government, and did not necessarily even understand what the party stood for.
Because polling suggests that just as Labour are most listened to when they are talking about the NHS - hence Ed Miliband's instant attack on Mr Osborne for making no reference to investment in the health service - it's the Conservatives who command attention when they talk about the economy.
As he was mobbed by a scrum of journalists and photographers, Mr Farage said it would be "almost impossible" for either Labour or the Conservatives to command a majority after the election, and that he wanted people to vote for UKIP so his party could hold the balance of power.
"Let's grow up, conservatives," he commanded.
Within some groups polled, such as the Bangladeshis and those who describe themselves as mixed race, the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives together commanded more support than Labour.
To the east: a brief glimpse of Grey Worm (Pierre Lemieux) and the sexually repressed armies of social conservatives he commands, looking to cross the sea and retake the traditional patrimony of their queen Daenerys Targaryen (Brad Trost).
The fact that Sarah can command conservative attention internationally promises great things to TV executives who really don't want to spend millions of dollars developing some new high-brow entertainment for HBO.
