Kemi Badenoch chooses former neo-Nazi as Tory candidate

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Kemi Badenoch has said her party “believes in second chances”, after the Conservatives selected as a local election candidate a man who was once jailed for harassing a Jewish former MP. Joshua Bonehill-Paine posted on social media that he was “tremendously proud to announce” he has been chosen to stand for election to Somerset Council, in the Crewkerne South ward. Mr Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2016, after he was convicted of racially aggravated harassment. He wrote several blog posts about the former Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree Baroness Luciana Berger, labelling her “an evil money-grabber” with a “deep-rooted hatred of men”. In one post, he claimed the number of Jewish Labour MPs was a “problem”. He was previously jailed for producing an ad illustrated with a picture of Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz which promised “an absolute gas” at a rally in Golders Green, north London. Asked about his selection, Mrs Badenoch on Tuesday told reporters: “I want to be very clear – a

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