They don't bloody need them anyway, just more bullshit.
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/john-swinneys-great-schoolbag-con-37832205The SNP has been accused of an "astonishing" waste of taxpayer money after it emerged school bags being handed to primary one pupils are costing more than double their market value. John Swinney wants to hand the bags, which will include the likes of pencils, a pencil case, crayons, a notebook and a water bottle, to around 47,000 children. Ms Gallacher said: "My trip to a well-known retailer has exposed the astonishing waste of John Swinney’s schoolbag gimmick. It beggars belief that he is happy to charge taxpayers’ £28 per bag, when we know you can purchase a backpack and the items Swinney is planning to give Primary One pupils for less than half the deal he struck.
"This raises further serious questions about the contract which was awarded to a group who have already benefitted from other SNP schemes. Instead of these government-issued schoolbags, Swinney should be focusing money and resources on restoring Scotland’s reputation for educational excellence, ending the poverty-related attainment gap and tackling soaring levels of violence in our schools. "A taxpayer-funded schoolbag will do nothing to tackle these issues. This is a distraction from Swinney to try and hide from SNP incompetence, and another shocking example of how this arrogant nationalist government have no regard for Scotland’s taxpayers." The backpacks will be made in China before being shipped to Edinburgh. They will be compiled by marketing and publishing firm APS Group, which was also commissioned to run the baby box scheme.
Questions were raised last week as to why APS was handed the £2.7 million contract without it going out to tender. The firm was also involved in producing a "draft" independence bill before the 2021 Scottish election.
