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Student leader backs University over removal of Alex Salmond stone
21.05.2020 - 19:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A student leader has backed the decision by Heriot Watt University to remove a stone unveiled by Alex Salmond.
Kieran Robson, the campus president, said the student union would welcome a “new installation” replacing the controversial monument.
In his final month as First Minister in 2014, Salmond unveiled a commemorative stone which he believed symbolised the SNP Government’s commitment to free higher education.
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