The referendum claims its first casualty – Alex Salmond
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 19, 2014
BBC report on Salmond pic.twitter.com/Y4feUFJoeM
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 19, 2014
You could have got 3/1 from Paddy Power on this during the night.
In many ways this was the natural conclusion to his fight over the years. Salmond had his brilliant success at the Holyrood elections when the SNP achieved what no other party had ever done before – a majority in the Scottish Parliament.
It was that election that set in motion the move to hold yesterday’s vote.
He’ll be missed as a political force.