Her latest act of political ingenuity is to knowingly invite a convicted neo-Nazi and antisemite to join the party as a candidate. This is all well and good, but it does not mean that you would want him as a Conservative candidate. Her disparaging assessment of local politics will have offended Conservative councillors across the country, with its easy-to-spot snootiness about “looking at parking, sorting out bins”. But her clown car antics have a debilitating impact on our national culture. By accepting figures like Bonehill-Paine into the Tory party, she works to undermine them.