The Prime Minister and Rishi Sunak pay tribute to Alex Salmond and Sir David Amess during Prime Minister Questions, in the House of Commons. Sir Keir Starmer hailed the former Scottish First Minister as having been a 'monumental figure' in politics.
Former first minister Alex Salmond will return the Scotland on a private flight following his death aged 69, it was confirmed today.
But the UK government resisted calls for the RAF to be involved, because he was a 'private citizen' no longer in public office. The separatist Alba Party leader, who led the losing Yes campaign in the 2014 independence referendum, died suddenly from a heart attack in North Macedonia at the weekend. 'It brings a great deal of comfort to Moira and other members of the family to know that he will soon be home with them.'
He oversaw a surge in SNP support from a minor party to the one that has governed Scotland since 2007.
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