UK Conservatives select former neo-Nazi activist to run in local council election
The UK’s Conservative Party has selected a former neo-Nazi activist convicted of harassing a Jewish lawmaker to run as its candidate in Somerset local council election, the Guardian reported Monday,Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 33, has been convicted of multiple crimes, and used to refer to himself as a “nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights,” the report said. He was convicted in 2014 of assaulting a police officer, according to the report, and the following year he went to jail for more than three years for posting antisemitic material in advance of a neo-Nazi rally.The year after that, he was also found guilty of harassing Luciana Berger, who is Jewish and was then an MP for the Labour Party, calling her a “rodent” and an “evil money-grabber,” the Guardian reported.He ran a group called the “National British Resistance.”Bonehill-Paine, who now publishes satirical AI videos, told the outlet that he has served…
The UK Conservative Party has selected Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi activist with multiple convictions, to run in a Somerset local council election. Bonehill-Paine, 33, was previously convicted for harassing Jewish MP Luciana Berger, calling her a “rodent,” and for posting antisemitic material. He claims to have reformed, stating, “I regret my past and the mistakes that I have made.” The Conservative Party has not commented on his selection, which has drawn strong condemnation from Reform UK, who criticized the “breathtaking” hypocrisy of selecting a convicted antisemite. Meanwhile, Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, is under investigation for a possible failure to declare an interest related to a debate on Israeli influence.
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