Alex Salmond has died

The Daily Mail are reported that he suffered what is thought to have been a heart attack and collapsed during a lunch after giving a speech at a conference in Macedonia. It says that other attendees tried to revive him but without success
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13953287/alex-salmond-collapsed-heart-attack.html

Very sad that this happened so suddenly

I thought he was older than 69
What happened with the sex scandal that surrounded him a few years back I can’t remember was it all dropped

BlueBelle

I thought he was older than 69
What happened with the sex scandal that surrounded him a few years back I can’t remember was it all dropped

He was found not guilty on 12 charges and there was a verdict of not proven on another.

There's another case working it's way through though. I think he was going after SNP for hiding info in the case against him. He may have left papers with his lawyers. Time will tell.

Sad news … not always my cup of tea but a great orator and always had the interests of Scotland foremost

I wasn’t a fan, but condolences to his family.

paddyann54

Maybe a final swipe at WM as they arranged a regions and devolved governments event in Edinburgh with our new Colonial head none other than Sue Grey!!
Alex Salmond was a brilliant politician who took us to the very edge of being free of WM .
The horrible court case against him was sadly a necessity ,if Nicola had dealt with the allegations in-house we would have been crucified in the media as being crooked…..after all it was Lesley Evan’s who started the witch hunt against him ,Evan’s who worked FOR Wm from the Edinburgh building now clad in Union Jacks,
I remember clearly saying he was innocent and wouldn,t be convicted and I was right.They were trumped up charges meant to cause division and they did,because sadly Alex didn’t see it as a necessity he felt betrayed.That was the reason for ALBA but it split our support and our vote.
I will always have the greatest respect for the man he was but disappointed in the man he became.He was one of the best things to happen to my country in my lifetime .RIP Alex….the dream will never die

"if Nicola dealt with it in-house, WE would have been crucified" - who are the "we", I wonder? I did not always agree with Alex Salmond but he was cleared of the charges against him that SNP govt spent a lot of taxpayers' money on pursuing. Disgraceful misuse of public money imho

I’m not a fan of Alex or his politics, but feel for his wife. As to the view of his achievements for Scotland neither he or his cohorts were good for Scotland were a more divisive nation than before

BlueBelle

I thought he was older than 69
What happened with the sex scandal that surrounded him a few years back I can’t remember was it all dropped

Please read the link provided on page 1 it explains it all

My first thought when I heard was I hoped he had travel insurance. He wasn't on Government business, travelling as a private individual or as his political party rep. Now, his party want the RAF to fly him home. Sad he was only 69 though.

Alec is back on home turf, transport kindly funded by Sir Tom Hunter (a great gesture from a fellow Scot).

Good he is back in Scotland

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, a former SNP MP and Alba Party chairwoman, attended the coffin before it was taken to the plane, and draped it in the Saltire – understood to have been provided by the Scotland Office – as it was taken from a van on the tarmac.

Mr Salmond’s body was carried by six members of the North Macedonian military to the flight, along a red carpet which was flanked by eight other soldiers standing at attention, to the sound of a trumpet.

The soldiers, flight and ground crew observed a moment’s silence before Mr Salmond’s body was loaded onto the flight.

Thank you, he was honoured

Well done to the Macedonian government and Sir Tom Hunter.