Alan Roden

Alan Roden was the political editor of the Scottish Daily Mail during the independence referendum campaign and is a former communications director for Scottish Labour.

Alex Salmond’s curious relationship with the media

This afternoon, Alex Salmond’s coffin, draped in a saltire, arrived in Scotland from North Macedonia. The chartered flight was paid for by Sir Tom Hunter, a billionaire philanthropist. ‘He deserved the dignity and privacy of a private return to the home of his birth,’ Sir Tom wrote in a brief statement, praising the former first