NATIONAL RECORDS 

Governments need statistics; we have to know how many men and women live in Scotland (don’t get me started on definitions) and it’s a matter of planning to understand numbers needing education, health services and the like. 

The point of the numbers is to tailor policy to the country’s needs – repeat and remember that please.

So from the horse’s mouth as opposed to his arse here goes :-

15 times more die drugs deaths in poor areas than in wealthy areas

Suicides and alcohol related deaths are similarly higher in poverty than in affluence.

Same goes for homelessness, crime, care experience and all forms of vulnerabilities.

Colonisation is a clue; England and Wales have similar levels of poverty but dissimilar stats on addictions deaths and suicides. 

This isn’t about painting your face blue, digging the claymore out of the thatch or whether the current Scotland team surpasses Ally’s Tartan Army.

It’s not a matter of life or death; it’s far more serious. Scotland’s resources are sapped daily; our people were massacred, cleared, enslaved and ridiculed. We are referred to as North Britain and it seems the highest court in the land considers that we are not a nation with the right to seek the destiny chosen by a majority of us. 

There are wrongs we have to right as a nation; that will occur only when our independence movement is righteous and united. This involves honesty, integrity and a humble perspective. It also demands recognition that we are a capable, honest and powerful nation who helped to build the world. 

We will build an independent Scottish nation and take our place between Saudi Arabia and Senegal when we stand for what is right and we care for each of us. 

#AllOfUsTogether 

Today’s news on drugs tragedies confirmed what we know; current processes have failed,  budgetary and political constraints serve only to harm; Scotland needs and demands Scottish solutions and political, legislative and constitutional autonomy. Nothing less will do.