Former Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond dies

Good.

LOL.

If he was that good, how come Scotland's still part of the UK?

Has Nicole Sturgeon commented?

[quote] Has Nicole Sturgeon commented?

This all seems fishy.

An impressive politician but a vain man, a sex pest and a bully who targeted journalists who held him to account.

Have you heard of MI5 r3?

Several actual prime ministers of the entire UK (and not just Scotland) have been of Scottish birth:

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

Arthur Balfour

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Ramsay Macdonald

Tony Blair

Gordon Brown

And until recently he was on the payroll of Putin.

Like Macron he had a much older wife that many viewed as a marriage of convenience, but not a lavender marriage like Sturgeon’s.

Was he a great big fat person?

Do you have any evidence he was "on the payroll of Putin", r9?

That the true story behind the criminal prosecution hasn't been widely reported says 2 things: the SNP remains captured by fear with Sturgeon and Murrell still involved, and the London media see Scottish politics as irrelevant.

There are 2 things which are definitely true.

1. Salmond was a bully and a sex pest and deeply inappropriate with staff - Sturgeon, other SNP people and the Scottish civil service knew all about it and covered it up.

2. There was plotting between government and SNP people about how best to harm Salmond with criminal charges, and lying on oath during the inquiry that followed.

Testimony was made under oath that civil service rotas were scheduled so no woman would be left alone with Salmond. What did all the men think, suddenly told they had to work evenings and weekends to chaperone female staff?

With that and the financial scandals it should be enough to burn the SNP into the ground but Scottish Nationalists will tolerate anything for their cause.

LOL at R11.

He took Putin's cash for FIVE YEARS.

Sturgeon's comment:

[quote] “I am shocked and sorry to learn of Alex Salmond’s death.

[quote] “Obviously, I cannot pretend that the events of the past few years which led to the breakdown of our relationship did not happen, and it would not be right for me to try.

[quote] “However, it remains the fact that for many years Alex was an incredibly significant figure in my life. He was my mentor, and for more than a decade we formed one of the most successful partnerships in UK politics.

[quote] “Alex modernised the SNP and led us into government for the first time, becoming Scotland’s fourth First Minister and paving the way for the 2014 referendum which took Scotland to the brink of independence.

[quote] “He will be remembered for all of that. My thoughts are with Moira, his wider family and his friends.”

Collapsed midway through a speech. What a way to go.

He certainly does not exude great physical fitness and health in his pictures. But then the traditional diet of Scotland (and England for that matter) is not ever featured in the headlines of Nutrition and Health Magazine as exemplary. A friend of mine lived for a few years in Scotland, and she said the consumption of sugar in the form of jams and jellies was astounding to her - but then she also said maybe it was necessary, as the kids attended school wearing shorts most of the year in very cold weather. Most people seem to exist on sausages, oatmeal, potatoes, eggs, scones and copious amounts of butter and jam.

[quote] sausages, oatmeal, potatoes, eggs, scones and copious amounts of butter and jam.

That’s the healthy diet of a middle class Scot.

Take your snide racism elsewhere r17.

Salmond was a fatso whale, he ate and drank excessively and did fuck all exercise, other than fingering his "colleague and business associate" Tasmina Ahmed Shriek.

Remember in 2012 when Salmond was angry at the media focus on the London Olympics so he called for Scottish people to cheer on the "Scolympians" instead of Team GB?

Remember in 2013 when he was at Wimbledon to watch Andy Murray win and he pulled a Scotland flag out of his wife's handbag to wave behind David Cameron? Andy Murray wasn't keen and criticised Salmond.

[quote] Most people seem to exist on sausages, oatmeal, potatoes, eggs, scones and copious amounts of butter and jam.

This magical place sounds like UTOPIA!

Not just for Lens!

[quote] Collapsed midway through a speech.

In North Macedonia, notable for its government being recently Putin-captured. Grifting right to the end.

I walked past him once. Anecdotes don't get much more fascinating than that.

Hadn't realised he married his wife when he was 27 and she was 44. You learn something new every day.

I take it back - Salmond didn't collapse during the speech, but during lunch. Appears to have been a heart attack.

This is nice.

Deranged trannies are celebrating because Salmond criticised Sturgeon's focus on polarising self ID policies that saw a drop in support for independence.

Giving paid speeches in Northern Macedonia sounds like the politicians equivalent of a fading celebrity going on Dancing with the Stars.

Salmond would have loved to have done Strictly but even the BBC drew the line at a man accused of multiple sexual assaults

[quote]a man accused of multiple sexual assaults

He was acquitted on all counts.

[quote]even the BBC drew the line at a man accused of multiple sexual assaults

Because they already have plenty amongst the Italian and Slavic dancers.