Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor

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 councillor. Badenoch said her party was

Kemi Badenoch said Joshua Bonehill-Paine was ‘somebody who has been rehabilitated’ and now helps counter antisemitism.

Kemi Badenoch said Joshua Bonehill-Paine was ‘somebody who has been rehabilitated’ and now helps counter antisemitism.

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