SO, there is to be another General Election, the second in two years, as Theresa May seeks to garner the backing of the citizens and elected parliamentarians of the UK to negotiate an unencumbered Brexit deal.
For England, and to a slightly lesser extent Wales, Brexit is likely to be the only debate in the election hustings.
In Scotland, it will be somewhat different, with independence and continued EU membership likely to vie for centre stage, no matter how some will try to play these matters down.
Voters, though, are feeling a bit punch drunk regarding the plethora of elections, none more so than those in the agricultural industry who have more than enough problems to think about and solve.
One of the biggest dangers to a clear cut vote will, in fact, be indifference! Indeed, it could be that it is the 'Apathetic Party' that emerges, at least in part, victorious!
However, with the Prime Minister looking to give the SNP a bloody nose as well as getting a Commons majority (which is likely) to process Brexit, there is an opportunity for Scottish agriculture to try to wring some concessions from the Tories.
Manifesto promises are regularly broken by the winners after election or referendum votes are counted, irrespective of party colour. Nevertheless, Scottish agricultural organisations should be, as a priority, seeking a consensus to try to extract a guarantee of a suitable level of autonomy post Brexit.
Unfortunately, extracting another promise from Defra minister George Eustice that Brexit will deliver an increase in farming support would seem to be a forlorn hope.
Though the industry can but try!
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