On Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Scottish First Minister John Swinney honors the legacy of former First Minister Alex Salmond, who passed away yesterday. Swinney attributes Salmond's success to his 'real drive and strategic thinking,' emphasizing his determination and ability to unite people.
The next gues on this morning's edition of Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips is the Scottish First Minister John Swinney .He starts by paying tribute to Alex Salmond , who died yesterday afternoon.Mr Salmond served as first minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 and was leader of the SNP on two occasions, from 1990 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2014.Expressing his condolences, Mr Swinney says his predecessor made a 'colossal contribution to Scottish politics'.
' absolute determination to succeed in his politics,' Mr Swinney says.'There was a bringing together of people to make sure that we were successful in our politics. So there was real drive and energy right at the heart of it. 'The second thing was his sense of strategic perspective, which was important in identifying how you went from one situation to another and how you built up through those strategic decisions.
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