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Cyprus Mail5 Aug 2026

Former neo-Nazi withdraws as UK Conservative candidate after backlash

Former neo-Nazi withdraws as UK Conservative candidate after backlash

A former neo-Nazi jailed for hate crimes withdrew on Wednesday as a local election candidate for Britain’s Conservative Party, saying he needed to do more to convince the Jewish community of his commitment to fighting antisemitism.

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted in 2015 of racially aggravated harassment of Luciana Berger, then a Labour lawmaker, and had also been jailed for stirring up hatred against a north London Jewish community....

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