14 October 2024 - Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond dies at 69
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond dies at 69
Gabriel Gavin and Jones Hayden (Politico, 12/10/2024)
Scotland’s former First Minister Alex Salmond has died at the age of 69.
Salmond, who led the country between 2007 and 2014, reportedly took ill while in North Macedonia. The former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) dominated the campaign for an independent Scotland for decades and secured an ultimately unsuccessful 2014 referendum to break away from the U.K.
Alex Salmond: Scotland’s first nationalist leader and a tireless campaigner for independence
Murray Leith (The Conversation, 12/10/2024)
Alex Salmond, possibly one of the most famous Scottish politicians of recent decades, and certainly the best-known face of the Scottish National Party (SNP), has died at the age of 69.
Alex Salmond’s political star had long faded. Yet his death has sent shock waves through Scotland
Lesley Riddoch (The Guardian, 13/10/2024)
Three years ago, he was Scotland’s most unpopular politician. More unpopular even than Boris Johnson. And north of the border, that’s really saying something.
I last interviewed Alex Salmond just a few weeks ago. He did not hold back
Alistair Grant (The Scotsman, 14/10/2024)
Alex Salmond gave good copy. I last interviewed him just a few weeks ago, during which he accused the SNP's leadership of a "brain dead" response to its disastrous general election result and called a senior Scottish Government minister a "fud".