The Conservatives have offered Jewish groups a meeting with Joshua Bonehill-Paine after he was selected as a candidate for a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
Bonehill-Paine was previously jailed over neo-Nazi activism. His selection has brought renewed attention to his past and to the party’s handling of his candidacy.
The seat he has been chosen to contest is a new Somerset Council seat, with the election due in 2027. The supplied material does not give further details about the ward, the selection process or the timing of the offer to meet Jewish organisations.
The party’s offer of a meeting indicates an attempt to address concerns from Jewish groups following the selection. No further response from Bonehill-Paine, the Conservative Party or the groups involved was included in the supplied material.
The latest known position is that Bonehill-Paine has been selected to stand in 2027, while the Conservatives have offered Jewish groups an opportunity to meet him.
