Swinney, the incumbent first minister, said Salmond had had a huge impact on public life by forging the Scottish National party into a force capable of winning successive elections and then by bringing Scotland "incredibly close" to independence.
"Alex made a colossal contribution to Scottish politics," Swinney told Trevor Phillips on Sky News yesterday. "I think it's been universally acknowledged that politically, Alex Salmond had a huge impact on our public life within Scotland and the United Kingdom."
Salmond had "a sense of absolute determination to succeed in his politics", married to an ability to bring people together, he added. "There was real drive and energy right at the heart of it. It was that combination of real drive and strategic thinking, which was at the heart of the success that Alex Salmond delivered."
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