https://freerepublic.com/tag/nazisnotconservative/ en-us Wed, 5 Aug 2026 20:37:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4390735/posts A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy. Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted of racially harassing Jewish former Labour MP Luciana Berger in 2016, while already serving a separate jail sentence for sharing antisemitic posts. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had defended the decision to select him as a candidate for the new Somerset Council seat of Crewkerne South, saying he had been rehabilitated and her party "believes in second chances". But Bonehill-Paine said he had now withdrawn his candidacy, and had been offered a position as... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4390735/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2026 20:37:01 GMT