Ex-Neo Nazi picked to run as Tory council candidate pulls out of race

Convicted racist Joshua Bonehill-Paine has withdrawn as a Conservative candidate for Somerset Council

A former neo-Nazi who was selected as a Conservative council candidate has said he will no longer stand for election.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine pulled out of the race after coming under pressure for his past actions, including distributing flyers for a ‘anti-Jewification event’ in Golders Green, home to one of London’s largest Jewish communities.

Bonehill-Paine had been selected as Tory candidate for Crewkerne South ward on Somerset Council, despite several brushes with the law, including being jailed for inciting racial hatred in 2015.

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