Nicola Sturgeon-backed Scottish history document for schools is blasted as 'dangerous nonsense'
The SNP's 27-page timeline is titled: 'The Road to the Scottish Parliament' It begins its tale in 1296 when 'King Edward I of England invades Scotland' – the 'Hammer of the Scots' who is sensationalised in the Hollywood epic Braveheart One of Scotland's top historians has slammed the text as 'arrant propaganda' SNP tells teachers it can inform 'key skills of political literacy in young people' A Nicola Sturgeon-backed timeline of Scottish history for schools has been described as 'dangerous nonsense' by the country's pre-eminent historian. The Scottish Nationalist Party's 27-page narrative,...