Ruth Davidson and Jacob Rees-Mogg make an odd couple. Both are Conservatives but there the similarity ends — at first glance, anyway. She was educated at a Scottish comprehensive. He went to Eton. She is gay and engaged to her partner. He is straight and already married. She leads her party in Scotland but isn’t a member of the Commons. He is an MP but holds no frontbench position. She is a left-wing Tory who has praised the Attlee government. He sits on the right of his party and has few kind words for socialism. She is stocky and debates with the aggression of a kick-boxer, which shouldn’t surprise since the sport is one of her hobbies. He is thin and speaks with deadly restraint,