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>> hello. good morning. we're starting the day on a chilly note across the uk. we will see plenty of sunshine during the day itself before rain arrives in the west later. i'll have all the details later on. >> it'sjust the details later on. >> it's just gone. >> it's just gone. >> 7:00 i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. we've just been having a giggle in that break. i don't know how we got on to the topic. we were talking about pet names and childhood pet names. what? we were naming our animals at home. yes. >> you were. yours were very essex. mine were very essex. >> yeah , obviously we didn't >> yeah, obviously we didn't realise at the time, but i had two guinea pigs. one was called angel and the other one was called babe. angel. babe . and called babe. angel. babe. and then my brother didn't want to call his guinea pig babe because he thought it was too girly of a name, because obviously i'd come up with it and then just sold them off to him. and so he came up with a middle name for his guinea pig, which was spike. so we had angel and babe spike. >> yeah. and i was just saying i had i had a guinea pig. it was called rosalind . and i had a

called rosalind. and i had a goldfish called alexander , which goldfish called alexander, which is the most normal sounding. >> yes. i don't know why. guinea pig >> yes. i don't know why. guinea pig and a goldfish. >> i don't know why, i don't know, you got very fancy ideas. >> rosalind. the guinea pig. >> rosalind. the guinea pig. >> rosalind. >> rosalind. >> did you shorten it to rosie? >> did you shorten it to rosie? >> no . rosie. no, no. >> no. rosie. no, no. >> rosalind. >> rosalind. >> full title. >> full title. >> full. yes. >> full. yes. >> whenever you cuddled her, it would be rosalind. the guinea pig? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> very odd, isn't it? i have no idea why that happened. >> and then tell them about your cats. >> well, there's cats are normal names. >> he thinks the cats are normal. >> so we've got olive . >> so we've got olive. >> so we've got olive. >> olive marmalade , smokey, >> olive marmalade, smokey, charlie and patience . charlie and patience. >> patience. the cat . >> patience. the cat. >> patience. the cat. >> so it starts normal. >> so it starts normal. >> then ? >> then? >> then? >> patience the cat. >> patience the cat. >> patience. because she was the guinea pig. >> and alexander the goldfish . >> and alexander the goldfish. yeah. very posh ideas. >> my first cat between 82 and 99 was was jess. >> yes . after her normal name.

>> yes. after her normal name. >> yes. after her normal name. >> which famous cat? >> which famous cat? >> oh, everyone knows about jasper. >> cat? >> cat? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> postman pat, there you go . >> postman pat, there you go. >> postman pat, there you go. >> that's a normal pet name. >> that's a normal pet name. >> yes, i know, and steven's got all fancy titles. >> fancy names for his animals. so let us know if you've got any posh names for your pets. there's no gb news .com/ yours, so i never thought about it like that. >> had you not. ipp. that. >> had you not. ipp . oh, you had >> had you not. ipp. oh, you had a nickname for patients. >> pay pay, pay pay. >> pay pay, pay pay. >> yeah. okay. rosalind's not normal. >> it's not a normal name for a pet like keith. keith or alan or something. okay, so that's weird. >> i don't think you call a cat, keith. >> no, you could do. if you've got a cat called keith. i want to hear from you. gbnews.com slash usa . to hear from you. gbnews.com slash usa. right. top to hear from you. gbnews.com slash usa . right. top story to hear from you. gbnews.com slash usa. right. top story. politicians and public figures are paying tribute to the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, who died yesterday at the age of 69. >> yes, sir keir starmer described him as a monumental figure in scottish politics, whilst king charles expressed sadness over his sudden passing. >> well, the former snp leader apparently had a heart attack in

nonh apparently had a heart attack in north macedonia whilst on a work trip. >> well, salmond was the first minister of scotland between two thousand and seven and 2014 and was known for almost pushing scottish independence over the line. a decade ago. >> let's talk to the scottish political editor of the daily mail, michael blackley joins us now. good to see you, michael. i mean , a remarkable figure. mean, a remarkable figure. i mean, a remarkable figure. i mean, he is someone who certainly had a very big impact on the world of politics. >> yes. i mean, this was somebody that was incredibly well known across british politics. and indeed, he was pretty respected across the political divide. he certainly would have his strong political opponents. but i think what marked alex salmond out as different from many in the snp is that he was able to make friends across the political divide. we have had some people like david davis was a close friend of his, the conservative mp , and indeed there were the

mp, and indeed there were the tributes from king charles and they really struck up quite a close friendship on some of alex salmond's trips to balmoral. so i think you you saw our first minister and an snp leader that came in and was really able to make friends right across that political divide . hasn't it? political divide. hasn't it? >> in the tributes that we've seen in the past few hours that those friendships across the political spectrum, what have you made of the tributes, especially the one from nicola sturgeon, who has alluded to the breakdown of their relationship in recent years and her tribute ? in recent years and her tribute? >> yes, i think nicola sturgeon, i mean , she clearly acknowledged i mean, she clearly acknowledged in her statement that this this was somebody that had been extremely influential to her, had been a close friend for, for much of her life. but she also acknowledged that there had been that breakdown in the

relationship in recent times. and so it was quite a quite a sensitive statement , but also sensitive statement, but also pointing out that they had clearly had that breakdown. there was an interview recently where nicola sturgeon had said that she she doubts whether alex salmond and her will ever be on speaking terms again. so it has been one of the extraordinary stories of scottish politics in recent times that that that breakdown of the relationship between the two people that were so influential , the biggest so influential, the biggest figures at the top of the snp , figures at the top of the snp, and they did have a spectacular breakdown of their their relationship. but all the same , relationship. but all the same, i think nicola sturgeon is one of the few people to have actually mentioned. the more recent incidents. i think most people have just been focusing on alex salmond's influence in

british politics when they when they have given their tributes today. >> i mean, the fallout was significant enough, of course, that he went and set up his own party to sort of challenge the snp, the alba party. and where does this leave? i mean, it is the alba party bigger than alex salmond now, or does it go with him? >> yeah, that remains to be seen. certainly the alba party has has not taken off in the way that alex salmond hoped that it would. he's talked about remembering the 2021 scottish parliament elections. he was talking about alba helping to secure a pro—independence super majority and that that didn't happen. they've they've they've not managed to get mps elected at westminster or msps at holyrood. so there has been disappointment in their election campaigns. however , i mean, just campaigns. however, i mean, just to show how much of a shock

yesterday was, i mean, alex salmond was very much planning his next political move. he was he was planning to be standing in the next scottish parliament elections in 2026. and he he had real hopes that he was going to be able to get in in the regional list, perhaps in the, in the north—east of scotland. and there's no doubt that his personal vote in that area would have given him a him a good chance of becoming that alba msp in, in that area. so for alex salmond, he he had a lot of plans politically and otherwise. and that that really epitomises just how much out of the blue yesterday's shock came, came as. >> michael, good to see you this morning . thanks very much morning. thanks very much indeed. >> it truly was a shock yesterday. i couldn't believe it when it came up on my phone.

>> well, i know so well. it's just so unexpected, isn't it? but i tell you what, it goes to think but i tell you what,