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Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell dies
Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has died aged 84.
The MP for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015, he served as Lib Dem leader from 2006 to 2007 and was well-known for speaking out on foreign policy. He was made a life peer in 2015 and was known as the Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, but his friends knew him as Ming.
His grandson, Gregor Grant-Suttie, said Lord Campbell died in London after a period of respite care. He had been planning to return to Scotland but died "peacefully" at Kyn Hurlingham care home in the presence of his grandson.
Mr Grant-Suttie said that one of his final days was spent watching the Liberal Democrat party conference and enjoying video messages from political friends. He said: "The myriad of accolades and awards he collected in his professional life paled in comparison to his achievements as a husband, father figure, grandfather, and friend." Lord Campbell's grandson added that he was a "rare breed of Scotsman whose contribution and ideas spanned so much further than his home country's border.
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