Baroness Berger has called on the Conservative Party to bar former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine from standing as a local election candidate. Bonehill-Paine was previously jailed for racially harassing her, but Tory leader Kemi Badenoch defended his selection, citing his rehabilitation.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has defended her party's decision to allow former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine to stand as a councillor in Somerset, citing his rehabilitation and counter-extremism work, drawing sharp criticism from his former target, Luciana Berger.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi activist with convictions for antisemitic material and harassing MP Luciana Berger, will stand as a Conservative candidate in Somerset Council elections after the party offered him a 'second chance' citing his reformation and counter-extremism work.
Former MP Luciana Berger has urged Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to drop Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi and convicted felon selected as a Conservative council candidate, arguing he should have no role in public life.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi with convictions for antisemitic harassment and other crimes, has been selected as a Conservative candidate for Somerset council. Despite his past, he claims the party is aware and supportive, sparking accusations of hypocrisy from opponents.
