Former leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond dies at 69

Sunday, October 13, 2024 Alex Salmond died on 12th October 2024. He was a former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and was a member of the Scottish Parliament. He fell ill while at North Macedonia and collapsed after making a speech in an international conference.

Salmond supported Scottish independence from the UK and was the earliest first minister to do so.

Keir Starmer (the current Prime Minister in the UK and leader of the Labour Party), Rishi Sunak (the previous Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party), Ian Murray (Scotland’s Secretary of State) and Andrew Neil (journalist) have responded to Salmond’s death. Starmer said that Salmond ‘cared deeply about Scotland and communities he represented’.

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