Jeremy Paxman laid into “pretty terrible prime minister” David Cameron in a late-night television appearance - blasting his EU referendum record as “well-nigh unforgivable”.
The acerbic ex-Newsnight presenter took aim at the former PM, saying he put the Conservative Party ahead of the UK.
Mr Paxman, 66, well known for his no-nonsense approach to interviews, shared his damning indictment of Mr Cameron on Irish broadcaster RTE One's The Late Late Show on Friday.
He told the host Ryan Tubridy: “I'm not a great fan of Cameron, actually, if you really want to know. I think he probably knew that.
“You look at the Brexit referendum - what Cameron did was to put the interests of his party above the interests of his country and that seems to me to be well-nigh unforgivable.
“He put the whole question of the country's identity up for grabs in a referendum and then didn't even bother to make the case for staying in Europe.
“So I think he's got quite a lot on his conscience, I think he's been a pretty terrible prime minister actually.”
Mr Cameron resigned as Tory leader after a humiliating EU referendum defeat.
Mr Paxman stood down as presenter of the BBC's flagship political programme after 25 years as presenter in the summer of 2014.
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