Kemi Badenoch 'gives second chance' to local candidate jailed for hate crimes

Kemi Badenoch has said her party "believes in second chances", after the Conservatives selected a man who was once jailed for harassing a Jewish former MP as a local election candidate. Joshua Bonehill-Paine posted on social media that he was "tremendously proud to announce" he has been chosen to stand for election to Somerset Council, in the Crewkerne South ward. Mr Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2016, after he was convicted of racially aggravated harassment. He wrote several blog posts about the former Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree Baroness Luciana Berger, labelling her "an evil money-grabber" with a "deep-rooted hatred of men". In one post, he claimed the number of Jewish Labour MPs was a "problem". Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #lewisgoodall #shelaghfogarty #kemibadenoch #conservatives #candidate #tory #debate #uknews #ukpolitics #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC's weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup