Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine said Kemi Badenoch had offered him an alternative role as ‘an adviser to the Conservative Party’s Culture and Integration Commission, specifically focusing on how young men become radicalised’

Tory leader praises Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s ‘contrition’ but says she has higher thresholds for MP candidates Kemi Badenoch has defended her party’s decision to allow a former neo-Nazi who was jailed for subjecting a prominent Labour politician to antisemitic abuse to stand as a…

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2015 after posting antisemitic remarks ahead of a protest.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. Kemi Badenoch has been slammed after a former neo-Nazi was selected as a Tory council election candidate. Joshua Bonehill-Paine is due to stand for election to Somerset Council, despite previously describing himself as a “nationalist, fascist, theorist…

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including harassment of a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including the harassment of a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset.…