The Liberal Party has agreed not to disendorse Deeming until she has her final day in court, but their relationship is over.

Moira Deeming will be invited to speak on her own behalf at a meeting of her party’s state executive, where she could be removed as a candidate.

Had the Liberal Party emptied a vat of hydrochloric acid onto the floor of parliament instead of selecting Moira Deeming to represent it, it would have done less damage to its…