Nick Clegg could not have just ‘rocked up’ at the debates

The former special advisor to Nick Clegg is pouring cold water on the idea that the Liberal Democrat leader could have simply turned up to the debate last night and demanded a place.

Meanwhile Mr Clegg himself is in the Scottish constituency of Gordon where Liberal Democrat campaigners are desperately trying to buoy all the support they can to deliver their Lib Dem to Downing Street, but also to block a certain Alex Salmond from making the trip down south.