Read our Privacy noticeFormer neo-Nazi activist Joshua Bonehill-Paine is set to stand as a Tory candidate in council elections after the party gave him a “second chance”. The Conservatives have now selected Mr Bonehill-Paine to stand in the new Somerset Council seat Crewkern South in 2027. Who is Joshua Bonehill-Paine? Mr Bonehill-Paine was born in Yeovil, Somerset, and went to public school before being expelled for fighting. The Tory leader defended Joshua Bonehill-Paine, adding she believed Mr Bonehill-Paine had been rehabilitated.