LONDON: Scotland’s former leader Alex Salmond, a figurehead of the independence movement, has died at the age of 69, the Scottish National Party (SNP)...
Scotland’s former leader Alex Salmond, a figurehead of the independence movement, has died at the age of 69, the Scottish National Party he once led said Saturday.
Tributes poured in from across the political spectrum for one of Scotland’s most important politicians. “While I disagreed with him on the constitutional question, there was no denying his skill in debate or his passion for politics.” His combative nature saw his fame spread beyond the UK. A dispute with Donald Trump led the former US president to call him “Mad Alex”.
It also gave him the political weight to press for a referendum on Scottish independence from the UK, which the then British prime minister David Cameron finally granted in 2014. Only a year later, he resigned from his party after allegations of rape and sexual assault emerged, resulting in him being charged with 14 offences.
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