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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kevin Rawlinson and agency

Mourners honour ‘political genius’ Alex Salmond at Edinburgh service

People wave Scottish flags outside a pub in Edinburgh
A public service for the former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond was held on Saturday. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The former prime minister Gordon Brown and the Scottish first minister, John Swinney, were among those who gathered at a memorial service for Alex Salmond after his sudden death in October at the age of 69.

Tributes were paid to Salmond during the service on Saturday in Edinburgh; held to celebrate his love of Scotland and his commitment to the cause of independence.

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