Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 A consummately skilled politician, but I can't say I would refer to him as dignified? As for Scotland's most successful ever, what about the likes of Arthur James Balfour or James Ramsay MacDonald? The less said about Blair the better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 A living legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well I for one will miss the man as FM. There was something special about having someone whose number one priority was Scotland. Not sticking to the party line like McConnell or being tied up in knots trying to balance the positions of the London parties with what he wanted to do. He had a vision. He sold the vision and people bought in to it. Not just on independence - on renewables, on energy, on Scotland's place on the world stage. Such a transformation from the Lib-Lab coalition (remember that?) Around 45% of the electorate voted SNP in 2011 - a similar number in Westminster would propel any party to a thumping majority government. Miliband, Cameron and the rest would love to have the kind of popular support Salmond had. He leaves office on a relative high. He took support for independence from ~30% to 45%, and there is no sign as yet that this level of support will fall back. If Scotland ever becomes independent, Salmond will have done the heavy lifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 James Ramsay MacDonald? ? The first in a long long line of Labour troughers and traitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The fat, lying c**t had to leave office because he lost his very own referendum. Reynard, Alex Salmond is comfortably the finest UK based politician of his generation, and has done more for Scotland than anyone I can think of. He'll be sorely missed. Can't wait for him to get in to Westminster and start riling up Tory c***s though. The SEETHE will be glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbi Williams Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The fat, lying c**t had to leave office because he lost his very own referendum. This is true and the boot/arse licking on this thread is blowing him out of proportion! He was a good FM and while I was on the fence at first he convinced me to vote yes but how can he be the best ever Scottish politician when the referendum was his career's work and it was a failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC90 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is true and the boot/arse licking on this thread is blowing him out of proportion! He was a good FM and while I was on the fence at first he convinced me to vote yes but how can he be the best ever Scottish politician when the referendum was his career's work and it was a failure. He's the best SNP politician ever and is easily the best first minister since devolution. He's also took his party from perpetual opposition to the natural party of government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Sad to see some trying to defile a thread celebrating and thanking Scotland's Rose. Taylor Swift was right: the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 A great man. Only met him once, the day of the referendum no less. Was an absolute gent. Thank you, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Wasnt a fan to begin with but by the end thought he was a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabinoban Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 No matter whether you love him or loathe him you have to accept that he has single handedly changed Scottish politics. He took what was (as was said earlier) an opposition party to being the main party in the Scottish Parliament, also making an independence debate into a movement which is still ongoing despite a referendum defeat. A movement which will continue to shape the politics of not only Scotland, but as a consequence the UK, plus other countries who desire at least political change. Scotland is now more politically engaged than probably at any other time in its history. With the Conservatives wiped out for a generation, next target is Labour and the Lib Dems. Salmond has been in the driving seat and was the focal point for all of this, and he took on and will continue to take on an establishment which has been tainted by London-centric bias and dirty tricks. His formidable oratory skills have tore many MPs and senior journalists new ones and I sincerely hope he remains in a front line role to back up Sturgeon, who has the toughest jobs in trying to fill his shoes. If Scotland is to gain independence Salmond will be remembered for his role in the making of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkston5 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It's sad but modern politics are nothing to do with policies, strategies, or the ability to do the job including coping with circumstance. Salmond could have said anything during the referendum campaign and he'd still be revered. He had one aim in life and he failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is one of the worst circle jerks I've seen on P&B. Young supposed radical leftys thrashing their maggots to the man who sooked in with Murdoch, Soutar etc etc and who would have delivered cuts in corporation tax while taxing the rest of us to buggery. Fucktards one and all. At least he has disappeared as a horrendous failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabinoban Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Here come the unionists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis pakora Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Here come the unionists Today is Thursday m8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is one of the worst circle jerks I've seen on P&B. Young supposed radical leftys thrashing their maggots to the man who sooked in with Murdoch, Soutar etc etc and who would have delivered cuts in corporation tax while taxing the rest of us to buggery. Fucktards one and all. At least he has disappeared as a horrendous failure. I bet you end up as the top poster all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis pakora Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is one of the worst circle jerks I've seen on P&B. Young supposed radical leftys thrashing their maggots to the man who sooked in with Murdoch, Soutar etc etc and who would have delivered cuts in corporation tax while taxing the rest of us to buggery. Fucktards one and all. At least he has disappeared as a horrendous failure. Don't forget Donald trump and his dodgy deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipped Flake Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Alex Salmond is by far and away the best Scottish politician of my lifetime. He put Scotland first all of the time and got right up the noses of the loopy loyal on here and across Scotland. Would love him to go back down to Westminster with a sizeable group of SNP MPs so he can properly promote Scotland's needs down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Unionists - name one Scottish politician of the modern era who was better than Salmond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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