The Shadow in the Corner: Kemi Badenoch's Tainted Candidates Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap the 2050 net zero target has been making headlines, but it's a different kind of controversy that's casting a long shadow over her leadership.
Joshua Bonehill Paine, a former neo Nazi activist with a string of convictions, including harassing a Jewish MP, has been selected as a Conservative candidate for Somerset council.
Bonehill Paine's past is marked by extremism and hate speech. His 2016 conviction for racially aggravated harassment against Labour MP Luciana Berger was particularly egregious.