Alex Salmond will be laid to rest in the green turf of Aberdeenshire today in a quiet and dignified private ceremony. (A public celebration of his life will take place next month.)
Most of Scotland’s press and commentariat beclowned itself shamefully after his death just as it did during his life, but below is a (regrettably short) collection of those who did otherwise and who deserve to be noted honourably beside the man himself.
Please let us know in the comments of any we’ve missed and we’ll add them.
Professor James Mitchell for Holyrood magazine
Mandy Rhodes, also in Holyrood magazine
David McKie and Callum Anderson of law firm Levy and McRae
and perhaps most surprisingly of all,
Sometimes it is our enemies who lay flowers.
