But do they have anything to think with?

Ah yes, thinking time. Our parliamentarians don't get enough of it. No point in having a thinking pod if you don't get time to sit in it. The Herald reports:

MSPs need more time to make use of Holyrood's famous "think pods", among a range of changes recommended for the way they work in the third session of the Scottish Parliament.
They are being told they should tackle fewer pieces of legislation, and take more time to do so properly, while dedicating more hours to review laws already passed. A review of the role of MSPs draws on in-depth interviews with 15 of them from across the party range, carried out by the Scottish Council Foundation (SCF).

Of course, the MSPs would be able to think more if they did not have to spend so much time working. One and a half days of plenary parliamentary sessions per week is onerous, especially when it is supplemented by another half-day spent in committee. Then there are all those constituency surgeries, at least for those who have constituencies.

And they only get two months off in summer, with another fortnight at Christmas as well as at Easter. And then there is the schools week in October.

Is it any wonder the poor dears are always exhausted?