How much would you pay to save your pet? Ruth Davidson spent the money she put aside for her wedding on treatment for her cocker spaniel after he was injured by a car. This endeared her to my children, as I suspect it did to many of her social media followers.

It’s not just animal lovers who like Ruth; most people do. The Scottish Tory leader seems to get it right in the way that even quite steady, practical ministers like Amber Rudd don’t. On the Windrush fiasco this week she immediately retweeted The Sun’s call to “Let them stay”, while the home secretary floundered. She was the only Tory winner from the last election, with the party adding an astonishing 12 seats in Scotland