Very glad to have heard this issue raised on the air, whatever about creative editing, and I thought he came off rather the worse, even with his obvious advantage of a last-word live reply. I don't believe he ever truly managed to refute the issue (his thundering silence to the initial suggestion of publishing the votes was very telling) as much as dance around it, politician-style.

To my ear (admittedly biased), and my partner's (ditto), he came across as weak and unconvincing, and it just sounded like he was excuse-making or back-pedalling the whole time rather than constructing a solid case for his side.