The Stooshie team is refreshed from our summer break … in which we did a lot of work.

Things that got in the way of cocktails by the pool include:

• Golf course chats with Donald Trump
• Protests outside hotels for asylum seekers from Aberdeen to Perth
• The rise of Reform, and trouble for Tories
• Investigations into the future of Dundee university.

All that and a look ahead to a parliamentary election year in Scotland.