Owen Jones reckons there has been a “Hopkinsisation” of political discourse, as he struggles to come to terms with people being closer to Katie Hopkins on welfare reform than him. Actually, the Guidoisation of politics has been taking place for ten years now.

On that subject, scourge of lefty twitterati Louise Mensch has come up with the most offensive thing anyone can say to get under Owen’s skin:

https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/431166279907409920

https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/431177543249436672

https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/431181731022925826

1-0 Mensch. 

You win some you lose though, judging by this earlier discussion on MPs’ deselections:

@LouiseMensch Sir Stuart Bell? He was an excellent barometer – if you always did the opposite of him, you were on the money.

— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) February 3, 2014

@LouiseMensch he died, I believe

— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) February 3, 2014

Easy mistake to make…