Politics · 5 August 2026
Tory candidate's past: neo-Nazi to anti-extremism trainer?
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine went to prison in 2015 for publishing racist material and later harassing a pregnant Labour politician. The Conservative leader insists the Somerset candidate is completely rehabilitated and now helps train the government's anti-extremism officers. Luciana Berger, the woman he previously targeted, argued that anybody with his criminal record has no place entering public life.
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