Former First Minister Alex Salmond has been compared to Nigel Farage and US President Donald Trump by Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael.

He drew comparisons between their politics at an address at his party's conference in Perth on Friday.

Carmichael's comments come after the mayor of London last month compared Scottish nationalism to racism before going on to state he did not mean to do so at the Scottish Labour party conference in Glasgow.

He told conference delegates: "Let us be quite clear about this. The answer to nationalism is never more nationalism.

"Dress it up any way you like but nationalism is still nationalism. Alex Salmond will tell you that all he wants if for decisions about Scotland to be made by people living in Scotland.

"How is that different at its heart from Nigel Farage wanting to take back control from Brussels? Or even Donald Trump wanting to do deals, great deals, that will always put America first?"

Carmichael continued: "Nationalists will talk about values but ascribe them to a particular country or people.

"We all remember the misty eyed rhetoric during the referendum about 'Scottish values' of community, inclusion and even compassion.

"Just think about that for a second. What does that mean? Do they really believe that all Scots hold these values or that only Scots can hold them?

"Maybe if you don't hold them then you are not quite Scottish enough. Whatever it means, it is divisive and exclusive and we should have none of it."

In response to the remarks, Salmond said: "When Alistair Carmichael insults the SNP he insults the huge number of Scots who vote SNP.

"His behaviour at the last election and attempted smearing of Nicola Sturgeon shows the political depths to which he stoops."

In December 2015, the Election Court cleared Carmichael of "illegal practices" after he authorised his special adviser to leak information about a meeting between Sturgeon and a French diplomat to the press.

The judges said the Lib Dem politician told a "blatant lie", however, when he said in a TV interview he had no prior knowledge of the leak.

"The latest of his pathetic outbursts shows that he has learnt nothing from that scandal," Salmond added

The former Scottish secretary also used his speech to attack the Conservatives and Labour.

He described the UK Government as a "British nationalist government in London" and criticised the party's approach to Brexit.

Carmichael accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of giving the Prime Minister "free rein" over the process of leaving the European Union after ordering his MPs to vote with the government on the bill to empower the Theresa May to trigger article 50.