First Minister Humza Yousaf is to make a speech in London today in which he will again claim Scotland should be separated from the rest of the UK.
While he was in London, it was confirmed that Scotland’s drug deaths rate had increased by 10 per cent in the past year.
Pamela Nash, chief executive of Scotland in Union, said:
“The fact Scotland’s tragic drug-related deaths rate was confirmed to have risen again while the First Minister spoke about independence in London sums up this SNP government perfectly.
"There are devastating problems at home, yet Humza Yousaf wants to instead bang the drum for the break-up of Britain.
“The SNP’s constitutional obsession has come at the price of every devolved responsibility.
“The NHS is in crisis, education is struggling badly and the cost-of-living crisis shows no sign of abating.
“A responsible First Minister would put addressing these at the top of their priority list.
“Instead, he’s fled the scene to talk about the only thing the SNP really cares about.”
Today, it was confirmed that suspected drug deaths rose 10 per cent last year: https://news.stv.tv/scotland/suspected-drug-deaths-surge-by-10-in-scotland
