Kemi Badenoch Says Former Neo-Nazi Standing For Tories Can Be A Councillor But Not An MP

The Conservative leader said she would not want to give Joshua Bonehill-Paine “a national platform”.

A former neo-Nazi who was jailed for posting anti-semitic material and harassing a Jewish MP can become a Tory councillor but not an MP, Kemi Badenoch has declared.

The Conservative leader said what Joshua Bonehill-Paine did in the past was “appalling and abhorrent” and he should not be given a “national platform”.

But she said it was fine for him to become a councillor because they only deal with things like “parking and putting out bins”.

Badenoch has come under fire from Jewish groups over her party’s decision to let Bonehill-Paine stand for election to Somerset........

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