SNP minister brands Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish elections claims 'nonsense'

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon (Image: PA)

NICOLA Sturgeon’s claims that the SNP election campaign lacked “vision or big-picture thinking” are a “nonsense”, Scotland’s Education Secretary has said.

First Minister John Swinney led the SNP to a fifth Holyrood victory in May, though the party failed to win a majority of 65 seats, instead returning 58 MSPs.