A Conservative Party candidate with a deeply troubling past is set to run for council in Somerset, sparking outrage and debate. Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2016 for harassing Jewish MP Baroness Luciana Berger and previously promoted a neo-Nazi rally with Auschwitz imagery. Despite this, party leader Kemi Badenoch defends him as “more than contrite,” citing his certified work training police on anti-Semitism. Jewish groups and Berger herself condemn the move, calling it unacceptable and demanding a review. Badenoch argues the council role is local—not national—and insists Bonehill-Paine’s current focus on combating hatred matters more than his history. Ironically, he also runs a satirical AI site mocking politicians—including Badenoch—whom she says she doesn’t watch.
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