Alex Salmond dead: Life & times of political heavyweight who transformed Scotland & SNP 

ALEX Salmond was the political heavyweight who punched way above his weight and nearly knocked Scotland out of the UK.

But his lifelong quest to see his nation become independent only dawned on him while working as an economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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