Comped 534 Posted October 12 8 minutes ago, Nighthawk01 said: Sky has just confirmed it https://news.sky.com/story/former-first-minister-of-scotland-alex-salmond-dies-13232584 edit: Given it was reportedly after giving a speech in Macedonia I'm guessing it was something more sudden BBC breaking news notification with a few sentence article. He's dead. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 452 Posted October 12 Shock political death of the year. He never looked in great shape but as far as I know, he wasn't a notorious drinker like Charles Kennedy was. Stress of his litigations got to him in the end, I'm guessing? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,235 Posted October 12 1 minute ago, Sod's Law said: Shock political death of the year. He never looked in great shape but as far as I know, he wasn't a notorious drinker like Charles Kennedy was. Stress of his litigations got to him in the end, I'm guessing? He was a fat bastard. We’ve known for years that would be what would kill him and it has. Brace yourself for the conspiracy theories… 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 821 Posted October 12 The BBC have already published a full obit, suggesting that it's not just former PMs and Royals they have pre-prepared obits on standby for: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd13102l9g5o 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomarse 85 Posted October 12 22 minutes ago, La Tombe said: His last tweet was 3 hours ago..... https://x.com/AlexSalmond/status/1845087662400499734 Unreal first reply to that. https://x.com/AlisonPegg/status/1845132409999593573 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katyusha 120 Posted October 12 2 minutes ago, Windsor said: He was a fat bastard. We’ve known for years that would be what would kill him and it has. Brace yourself for the conspiracy theories… The greatest anti-vax minds of Twitter are already on the case, of course. There's simply no explanation for an old, overweight, constantly riled up bloke dying of a heart attack that doesn't point back to Pfizer. 3 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomarse 85 Posted October 12 8 minutes ago, Sod's Law said: Shock political death of the year. He never looked in great shape but as far as I know, he wasn't a notorious drinker like Charles Kennedy was. Stress of his litigations got to him in the end, I'm guessing? I guess you never know.. John Smith almost echo'd this - speaking in the afternoon, dead in his hotel room next morning 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,103 Posted October 12 THE BEST Salmon in Skopje (Updated October 2024) - Tripadvisor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,624 Posted October 12 Since Devolution there have been six first ministers of Scotland and two of them are now dead. In the same period all eight UK Prime ministers are alive. If you look at people like Alistair Darling and Charles Kennedy being a Scottish Parliamentarian should come with a health warning 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,525 Posted October 12 5 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Since Devolution there have been six first ministers of Scotland and two of them are now dead. In the same period all eight UK Prime ministers are alive. If you look at people like Alistair Darling and Charles Kennedy being a Scottish Parliamentarian should come with a health warning Aye and those health warnings are: don't ignore doctors advice after surgery, don't be an alcoholic and avoid stage 4 cancer. I actively try to avoid cancer when I see it walking down the street. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,805 Posted October 12 17 minutes ago, Sod's Law said: Shock political death of the year. He never looked in great shape but as far as I know, he wasn't a notorious drinker like Charles Kennedy was. Stress of his litigations got to him in the end, I'm guessing? So what? Is that the only vice that makes you ill/leads to an early death? No. Salmond lived on an atrocious diet that largely composed of curries multiple times a week. He was a ticking time bomb. I had a picture of him as my original display picture on here, but gave up waiting for him to keel over from a heart attack. In my mind he could've gone any minute, or could have lasted for another 5-10 years. Obese ppl are always very hard to call for when it comes to deadpooling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 821 Posted October 12 Given he died at 69, it's possible he was in contention to have been Scotland's oldest man. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 452 Posted October 12 25 minutes ago, Windsor said: He was a fat bastard. We’ve known for years that would be what would kill him and it has. Brace yourself for the conspiracy theories… I still would have put good money on Trump keeling over long before Salmond, especially given his age and the fact that his heart is likely to be under even greater pressure and his cortisol levels even higher. Both are/were obese angry men though so there's a fair bit of coin flipping involved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,356 Posted October 12 Shocked and saddened by this news. His poor wife Moira. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,622 Posted October 12 Just now, Gooseberry Crumble said: Shocked and saddened by this news. His poor wife Moira. She is one to watch as she is now 87. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 534 Posted October 12 9 minutes ago, Sod's Law said: I still would have put good money on Trump keeling over long before Salmond, especially given his age and the fact that his heart is likely to be under even greater pressure and his cortisol levels even higher. Both are/were obese angry men though so there's a fair bit of coin flipping involved. Trump gets better healthcare (military healthcare at a good discount or free) should he choose to use it, and has lost weight since leaving office. Unlike Salmond. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,805 Posted October 12 50 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Shocked and saddened by this news. His poor wife Moira. Pffft as if she gives a shit. The two of them haven't been intimate in years. Salmond was truly Scotland's answer to Silvio Berlusconi. He was shagging anything but Moira. She'll just be happy that she lived long enough to cash out his AXA SunLife Plan on a nice cruise round the Med. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,356 Posted October 12 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: Pffft as if she gives a shit. The two of them haven't been intimate in years. Salmond was truly Scotland's answer to Silvio Berlusconi. He was shagging anything but Moira. She'll just be happy that she lived long enough to cash out his AXA SunLife Plan to cash out on a nice cruise round the Med. Your very cynical!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,805 Posted October 12 1 minute ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Your very cynical!!! I didn't join this forum to say nice things about people I don't like. I'm the Honest Abe around here! 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,702 Posted October 12 It was… the salmond mousse. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,219 Posted October 12 2 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Since Devolution there have been six first ministers of Scotland and two of them are now dead. In the same period all eight UK Prime ministers are alive. If you look at people like Alistair Darling and Charles Kennedy being a Scottish Parliamentarian should come with a health warning 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 126 Posted October 12 This for the haters (you know who you are): https://x.com/TheIndyNinja1/status/1845160647727992984?t=i529VAOThiOzCc8DnEJ1rA&s=19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,805 Posted October 12 14 minutes ago, Tuber Mirum said: This for the haters (you know who you are): https://x.com/TheIndyNinja1/status/1845160647727992984?t=i529VAOThiOzCc8DnEJ1rA&s=19 Jimmy Savile did a lot of charity work too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,624 Posted October 12 2 hours ago, msc said: Aye and those health warnings are: don't ignore doctors advice after surgery, don't be an alcoholic and avoid stage 4 cancer. I actively try to avoid cancer when I see it walking down the street. You make a very good point and introduce a timely reminder. Anecdotal coincidences do not make a coherent theory. Off the top off my head I could think of several hihh profile politicians from Scotland (Robin Cook could be added to that list and someone has already mentioned John Smith) who had died relatively early over the past generation, I extrapolated that with a flippant comment but as all good statisticians know you cannot draw conclusions from small samples sizes. Even if someone ran a full statistical comparison between ages of Death of MPs representing Scottish constituencies and the same for English ones you would need to be wary about drawing any firm conclusions because of the disparity between the sizes of cohorts. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites