Paxman with Alex Salmond - " certainly the picture of the patronising Englishman"

Paxo never learns - like the UK, he's past his sell by date, out of touch with the constitutional realities. As Mark Hennessy of the 'Irish Times' dryly observes "Most people watching that interview with Jeremy Paxman - I'm sure Alex Salmond would be very, very glad if he was to get more interviews like that by English presenters. It's certainly the picture of the patronising Englishman, and that's going to feed into the debate both in Scotland and indeed in the attitudes that perhaps will be taken abroad when people are looking at this from an outside audience."

Paxman's opening remarks - " ... what his country might be like if he get's his way and manages to bust up the United Kingdom. ..... But fear not: while Moses, sorry - Alex Salmond - didn't quite promise a land flowing with milk and honey, he did claim it would be a beacon of what he called progressiveness." Not quite the respect agenda that David Cameron or indeed the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation is supposed to be pursuing with the First Minister of Scotland - nor was the comparison of Alex Salmond to Robert Mugabe later in the interview.

But Scots are long past being offended by a relic of empire - a UK dinosaur - like Paxman. Like our First Minister, we are amused by him, and will find a place on the sofa of a chat show in the new Scottish Broadcasting Corporation to remind us of days past ...

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[stevebairdchef]

Independence will never happen.. Salmond is a fat wanker who is only looking after himself... His face has been in the public trough for 20 years or more.. People want jobs, people want less tax, people want less restrictions, but under the SNP, none of that will materialise!! More taxes, bigger government, more government!!

[TAofMoridura]

@stevebairdchef I don't normally run abusive posts, but once in a while I let one through. This says more about stevebairdchef than it says about Alex Salmond or Scotland's independence. Have fun in your Land Rover, stevebairdchef - and in your kitchen.

[MrRobertJameson]

I hope the Scots know they will have to take full responsibility for Northern Ireland.

Scotland will be completely bankrupt once it's no longer living off welfare from England. The oil made up less than one per cent of the UK's earnings last year.

[TAofMoridura]

@MrRobertJameson Since you're wrong on all counts, I should correct you, but I recognise that approach, so best to agree with you. and say that we will manage without the welfare, subsist on our dribbles of oil, sing 'Flower of Scotland' eat haggis, drink whisky and watch 'Braveheart'. Does that feed enough of your prejudices? Unfortunately, we can't take responsibility for Northern Ireland: that proud people will take responsibility for themselves and decide their own future.

[rossaldihno]

SNP are following a policy of greed, so a few can have the wealth taht should belong to the world. Im Scottish by the way.

[TAofMoridura]

@rossaldihno What can I say to an inane comment like that?

[SirAndrewMcD]

I find it almost amusing that Paxman is trying to make Salmond look bad when he is doing quite the opposite! As much as i dislike Alex Salmond when i see an English news presenter attack a fellow Scotsman makes me quite angry. Paxman is fueling the independence of Scotland with his comments! Next time you try to clench the flames of independence try to not outrage so many Scottish people... Many people are voting for Independence for this exact reason. Don't tell us how to rule our country...

[biscuitz30]

Scotand deserves her right as a country to stand alone and be free!!



[kennydee2008]

Salmond keeps on talking about how the Scottish people will want Scotland to be governed in the way they want it. Total BS by salmond here. He is a ex-rbs insider, he is globalist to the core and offers the Scottish people nothing but more taxes and misery. The snp cant get anything right here in Scotland, projects go 10 times over budget.. Salmond is a sheep in wolves clothing, not to be trusted.

[AlanJK100]

@TAofMoridura Unlock likes so I can like this. Lmao!

[stevenvanderwerf]

@MrRobertJameson Northern Ireland will continue to take responsibility for her good self, while remaining Scotland's much loves sister.

The Scottish economy is in the middle of shifting from oil-based to renewables based. We have some of the best natural resources in the world, and are blessed with an abundance of emerging technologies to harness them.

[MrRobertJameson]

@TAofMoridura The Scots colonised Ulster so you will have to take full responsibility for them financially.

King James VI of Scotland began the Plantation of Ulster and all the loyalists/Protestants there are Scots, hence the term "Ulster-Scot".

This referendum is going to cause another Irish civil war.