News presenter compares First Minister of Scotland to Robert Mugabe

BBC newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman compared Alex Salmond to the Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe during an interview.

Alexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland.

Mr Paxman was interviewing the First Minister prior to yesterday's referendum consultation launch when he made the remark.

He said comments that Mr Salmond had made about an independent Scotland being a "beacon of progressiveness" were similar to remarks by Mr Mugabe.

Mr Salmond told Mr Paxman he would not be doing himself "any great favours" by comparing Scotland to Zimbabwe. Mr Paxman replied: "No, I'm comparing you to Mugabe."

Mr Paxman had introduced the interview by mockingly calling Mr Salmond "Moses."

The exchange prompted a storm of protest on the internet with many people taking to Twitter to vent their fury. 

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