It’s a shame that the ‘No’ campaign has sunk to such desperate tactics

To round off my media–tastic weekend, I’ve been talking to Channel 4 News about electoral reform:

Speaking to Channel 4 News he added: “It’s a shame that the ‘No’ campaign has sunk to such desperate tactics as inventing fake stories about counting machine costs, but it shows just how scared the old-fashioned political establishment is about a change that would give the public far more power in future elections.

“What’s been great to see is the high level of grassroots campaigning around the country for a ‘Yes’ vote, involving far more people than the ‘No’ campaign and bringing in many people who are new to political campaigning.”

On Mr Ashdown’s claims of “mudslinging” [from George Osborne] he said disagreements between leading politicians is “grown up”.

“Where politicians genuinely disagree on points of principle, as Ashdown and Osborne clearly do over electoral reform, I think it’s a sensible, grown up approach to let those differences show in public. So far from being worried, I welcome the way the referendum is highlighting some of those differences.”