JUST as well Nicola and Ruth attended this week’s NFU Scotland jamboree on different days, as their differences certainly could have boiled over.

Both were claiming the high ground in the quest (fight?) to decide who will control Scottish agriculture post Brexit. This will turn nasty.

Just as well then, they didn’t clash over lunch at the union agm. With salad crops in short supply, one can only imagine the riot if they had made a grab for the same lettuce! Remaining cool as a cucumber wouldn’t have been an option.