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Ex-neo-Nazi Tory candidate withdraws, but lands counter-extremism role

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Ex-neo-Nazi Tory candidate withdraws, but lands counter-extremism role

Former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine has withdrawn as a Tory candidate for the 2027 council elections in Somerset. Far-right candidate are hardly a rarity in UK politics these days. However, reports claim he has now been given an internal Conservative Party role educating people about extremism. Another Tory misstep Bonehill-Paine was convicted in 2016 for harassing former Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger. The Guardian reported on 5 August: Joshua Bonehill-Paine said on Wednesday that he had withdrawn from next year’s local elections, and that the Conservative leader had instead asked him to become an adviser to the party’s culture and integration commission,…

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Rain of fish in Surrey, two-headed calf in Blyth, Scottish Tory win in Aberdeen

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Rain of fish in Surrey, two-headed calf in Blyth, Scottish Tory win in Aberdeen

Today, 19 June, the Conservatives’ Douglas Lumsden was announced the victor of the Aberdeen South by-election. This means that, for the first time in over half a century, the Scottish Tories have won a Westminster by-election. Meanwhile, in a further turn-up for the books, Labour came fourth in both of last night’s Scottish by-elections, underscoring the party’s recent collapse. The SNP’s Lara Bird held the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry seat for her party. She took 9,802 votes, giving her a majority of nearly 5,000. Notes for the English For English readers, please be advised — this article is about to get…

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