Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor
She said she lives today with the “profound and deep impacts” of those events.View image in fullscreenLuciana Berger speaking outside court in London in 2016 after Joshua Bonehill-Paine was found guilty. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA“There is a big difference between going back into society and teaching others possibly about what you did and why it was wrong, to making the leap to standing for public office,” she told the BBC. “I think there’s a massive distinction there.”Badenoch suggested the convicted criminal would not be allowed to stand as an MP, but that his ambition to be a councillor was legitimate.
- ▪She said she lives today with the “profound and deep impacts” of those events.View image in fullscreenLuciana Berger speaking outside court in London in 2016 after Joshua Bonehill-Paine was found guilty.
- ▪Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA“There is a big difference between going back into society and teaching others possibly about what you did and why it was wrong, to making the leap to standing for public office,” she told the BBC.
- ▪“I think there’s a massive distinction there.”Badenoch suggested the convicted criminal would not be allowed to stand as an MP, but that his ambition to be a councillor was legitimate.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine Photograph: Channel 4 News/YoutubeView image in fullscreenJoshua Bonehill-Paine Photograph: Channel 4 News/YoutubeConservativesBadenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillorTory leader praises Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s ‘contrition’ but says she has higher thresholds for MP candidatesGeneva AbdulWed 5 Aug 2026 04.37 EDTLast modified on Wed 5 Aug 2026 04.38 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleKemi Badenoch has defended her party’s decision to allow a former neo-Nazi who was jailed for subjecting a prominent Labour politician to antisemitic abuse to stand as a councillor.Badenoch said her party was not giving Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who is standing for election in Somerset, a “national platform”.“This man is showing that he’s more…
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