Joshua Bonehill-Paine has several convictions in his past, including one for harassing a Labour MPA convicted former neo-Nazi has been selected by the Conservatives as their candidate for a council election in Somerset. Sharing a tweet referencing Bonehill-Paine’s previous convictions, Reform leader Nigel Farage said: ‘Is this part of the “new generation” of Conservative candidates Kemi Badenoch is promising?’ Bonehill-Paine responded with a screenshot of an email from November last year, claiming he had passed vetting to become a Reform council candidate. I’m proud to be selected as the official Conservative candidate for Crewkerne South in Somerset. pic.twitter.com/uJiNrEBZgB — Crewkerne Man (@CrewkerneMan) August 3, 2026Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she is ‘not a person who would be recruiting neo-Nazis’.