Newsnight
The interview echoed the classic Paxman v Howard clash from 1997
'When we have a state and we have police telling women what they can and cannot wear then we are in very dangerous territory.'
'That is completely at odds with what the public think they've just voted for.'
'They don't know anymore than we do'.
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Newsnight is a daily BBC Television current affairs programme which specialises in analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman was its main presenter for over two decades and the show is now hosted by Evan Davis, Emily Maitlis and Kirsty Wark