On Friday people around the country will go to the polls. I encourage everyone to exercise their franchise on Friday. From 2 p.m. tomorrow, a moratorium will kick in for radio and television broadcasts but social media will continue right up to the close of polls. This is a period of 32 hours when our reliable news sources are effectively gagged, but the wild west - that is, social media - can continue to put out any sort of information without anyone having the opportunity to use our established radio and television channels to rebut any false information that may be there. I recognise the moratorium was brought in at one time for all the right reasons, but perhaps it now needs to be reviewed. Perhaps it is outdated and of its time, a time before social media. We need to have a look at this. On social media, a minute is a long time but 32 hours is an eternity.

There is very real concern on this issue. I want to say to people listening to vote at the end of this week. Changing a country's constitution is a big deal. No one should allow other people to make decisions for them. I encourage everybody to vote. This is an opportunity to modernise and improve our Constitution in relation to both questions. I hope people take the opportunity to do so. Of course there are dangers towards the end of a referendum campaign that there will be attempts to try to scare and mislead people. I strongly encourage people to get their information from reliable sources, in particular from the Electoral Commission and from other broadcasting outlets that need to be transparent and truthful with the information they give out. Social media can be a very misleading place at times, but I think most people are aware of this.