The SNP can’t blame Westminster for Scotland’s horrific drug deaths

There is no problem in Scottish society for which the SNP will not try to apportion at least some of the blame to ‘Westminster’.

The brave Scottish nationalist does his best in the face of endless obstacles placed in his way by malign unionist forces. But only independence will allow him the freedom to address the vast array of pressing issues, both social and economic, facing the oppressed people of North Britain.

Reality has just called the nationalists’ bluff

Of course, the SNP’s determination to hold the UK government to account for things over which it has no control is utterly cynical. But that’s nationalism, for you.

Over recent years, the troubling matter of Scotland’s record-breaking numbers of drug related deaths has seen SNP politicians try to dodge full responsibility.

Confronted each year with devastating new statistics – the latest figures show there were 1,051 drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2022, almost three times the average across the UK nations – nationalist politicians have regularly turned their fire on the UK government.