Michael Gove: Man Jailed For Antisemitism Has ‘Repented’ And Should Be Able To Stand As Councillor
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“None of us should be defined by the worst thing that we’ve ever done.” Michael Gove has defended the decision to allow former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine to run as a Conservative councillor, despite his past conviction for racially harassing then-Labour MP Luciana Berger. Michael Gove was speaking to Ed Vaizey (in for Hugo Rifkind) on Times Radio. Listen every Friday, from 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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