{"id":189201,"date":"2024-10-12T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-scottish-first-minister-and-snp-leader-alex-salmond-dies\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T21:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T20:00:02","slug":"former-scottish-first-minister-and-snp-leader-alex-salmond-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-scottish-first-minister-and-snp-leader-alex-salmond-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0c1wfDgR9u0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond dies\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0c1wfDgR9u0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>He was a giant of Scottish politics; charismatic, and for some, divisive &#8211;  Alex Salmond helped turn the SNP into a party of power. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>For decades he led the campaign for independence for Scotland &#8211; coming within touching distance at the 2014 referendum. 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