BBC Scotland News Review 2003: July to September
The Greens and Scottish Socialists accused Labour of "running scared of the electorate", following gains by the smaller parties and independents in the May elections.
Socialist leader Tommy Sheridan was back in the headlines the same month after being released from prison.
The Glasgow list MSP served a seven-day jail term after refusing to pay a fine for his role in an anti-Trident protest the previous year at the Faslane nuclear submarine base on the Clyde.