First minister John Swinney says predecessor, who died on Saturday, ‘had a huge impact on our public life’
John Swinney has paid tribute to Alex Salmond’s “colossal contribution” to Scottish and UK politics as allies of the former first minister mourned his sudden death on Saturday.
“There was real drive and energy right at the heart of it. It was that combination of real drive and strategic thinking, which was at the heart of the success that A senior aide from Alba is thought to be in Skopje to arrange the repatriation of his body, with the help of officials from the Foreign Office.
“He had a hinterland beyond politics. Unlike many modern politicians, he had had a profession beyond politics. He was a talented economist and could have made a lot of money and been very successful if they hadn’t gone into politics.” The actor Brian Cox, a convert to Scottish nationalism who spoke at the launch of the Yes Scotland independence campaign in 2013, said: “Scotland had been a second-class nation for a long time, and Alex went to battle on that.”
Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister who was Salmond’s closest ally until they fell out bitterly over her independence strategy and then investigations into Salmond’s alleged sexual misconduct, is now a backbench MSP.
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