Convicted racist Joshua Bonehill-Paine has withdrawn as a Conservative candidate for Somerset CouncilA former neo-Nazi who was selected as a Conservative council candidate has said he will no longer stand for election. 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. His selection as a candidate was defended by Mrs Badenoch, who insisted she believed in ‘rehabilitation’, adding that the satirist had shown contrition. But the move was condemned by Jewish organisations, as well as Ms Berger who said Mrs Badenoch had made a ‘terrible error of judgement’. Arrow MORE: Former neo-Nazi who makes ‘AI slop’ videos picked as Tory council candidateArrow MORE: French warship ‘fires 17 live rounds’ near Tory MP in ChannelArrow MORE: M5 drivers stuck in 12 miles of queues lasting two hours after police incident