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) he once led said Saturday (Oct 12).
ALBA Party Leader and Scotland 's former First Minister Alex Salmond speaks at the launch of ALBA's national campaign, in Ellon, Scotland , Britain, Apr 6, 2021. LONDON: 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 .
Starmer's predecessor, Conservative leader Rishi Sunak, said Salmond was"a huge figure in our politics. "Alex worked tirelessly and fought fearlessly for the country that he loved and for her independence," he added. His electoral high point was Scotland's devolved parliament's 2011 election, when the SNP achieved what was previously thought impossible by delivering an outright majority.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.Salmond had turned what was once a largely academic question into the most important issue in UK politics.
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