Referendum campaign: Illiberal acts

THE high moral ground can be a cold and lonely place, especially when occupied by so-called liberals who prove to be hypocrites. 

When it comes, for instance, to tearing down posters advocating a no vote in the forthcoming referendum on same-sex marriage, the intolerance of those who like to think of themselves as liberal is boundless.

In reality, they can be as illiberal as the best of them.