A bit surprised, or maybe I’m not, that there has so far been no mention of the sudden death of Alex Salmond on 12th October while away in Macedonia. Whatever you may think of him and his politics, or the rather drawn out court case in more recent years, he was undoubtedly a hugely important figure on the Scottish political scene over a good many years. Controversy seemed to follow him around, even down to who should “Bring him home” for you Les Mis fans - should it be the RAF, the Scottish Govt, his travel insurers or, as happened in the end, a friend and private benefactor, Sir Tom Hunter.
RIP Alex, with thanks for all the positive things you did for Scotland : free prescriptions, free university tuition for Scottish students, scrapping bridge tolls, etc.