Peer urges Tories to block council candidate jailed for antisemitic abuse against her

A member of the House of Lords is pressing the Conservative Party to block Joshua Bonehill-Paine from standing for a new Somerset Council seat in 2027. BBC News reports Bonehill-Paine was previously jailed over neo-Nazi activism, and the peer's intervention centers on his selection despite that history.

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