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Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor

Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, defends the decision to allow Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi who was jailed for antisemitic abuse against a Labour politician, to stand as a councillor in Somerset. She states the party is not providing him a national platform and has higher standards for MP candidates.

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