Former neo-Nazi withdraws as UK Conservative candidate after backlash
The former neo-Nazi will advise the party on extremism and radicalisation after withdrawing as a Somerset council candidate, despite backlash over his hate-crime convictions.
- On Wednesday, former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine withdrew as a Conservative candidate for 2027 Somerset council elections and was appointed an internal adviser to the party's culture and integration commission focusing on preventing young men's radicalisation.
- In 2015, Bonehill-Paine was jailed for three years for posting antisemitic material; he was convicted in 2016 of racially harassing Luciana Berger, with Justice Spencer describing the conduct as a 'cruel campaign of vile racist abuse.'
- Both the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council rejected the party's offer to meet with Bonehill-Paine, who previously described himself as a 'nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights,' according to The Guardian.
- Luciana Berger, now a member of the House of Lords, condemned the appointment as an 'insult' to victims of his 'heinous crimes,' arguing the privileged role is no better than candidacy.
- Badenoch defended the engagement, stating it is important to work with those who were 'part of the problem, but have now changed and are being part of the solution,' despite community backlash.
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Former neo-Nazi withdraws as UK Conservative candidate after backlash
A former neo-Nazi jailed for hate crimes withdrew on Wednesday as a local election candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, saying he needed to do more to convince the Jewish community of his commitment to fighting antisemitism.
Ex neo-Nazi Tory adviser in fresh row over Home Office training claims
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who will become an adviser to Kemi Badenoch after withdrawing his candidacy for a council election, claims he holds Home Office ‘certification’ for counter-extremism work
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