Conservative Party

Kemi Badenoch made a serious misjudgement – but she remains one of British Jews’ strongest allies

She has stood with the community when it was neither fashionable nor politically expedient, because she believes it is the right thing to do. One bad call does not undo that record

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August 7, 2026 14:44

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch talks with members of the Jewish community in Golders Green, London, on April 29, 2026, after two people were stabbed. (Image: Getty Images)

Former neo-Nazi withdraws from Tory candidacy after Jewish community backlash

Kemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will work with the party on ‘tackling radicalisation’ as part of its culture and integration commission

By Jane Prinsley

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August 5, 2026 17:06

Joshua Bonehill-Paine (Joshua Bonehill-Paine)

By Baroness Berger

Kemi Badenoch, you’ve got this very, very wrong

I am all for rehabilitation but there’s a gulf between being sorry and being allowed to stand for election. I don’t believe Joshua Bonehill‑Paine should hold any position in public life – because of both his racism and his views of women

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August 5, 2026 16:15

Leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch (Image: Getty Images)

Senior Tories urge Kemi Badenoch to drop former neo-Nazi local election candidate, sources tell JC

Jewish leaders turn down meeting with Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who was convicted for racially harassing Baroness Berger

By Jane Prinsley

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August 5, 2026 13:59

In February, Bonehill-Paine was identifed by Channel 4 News as the man behind The Crewkerne Gazette. (Channel 4 News/Youtube/The Crewkerne Gazette)

Luciana Berger blasts Tories for selecting former neo-Nazi who targeted her as a local election candidate

Baroness posts on X: ‘Kemi Badenoch you’ve got this very, very wrong’

By Mark Wood

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August 4, 2026 14:45

An election poster for Joshua Bonehill-Paine (Facebook/Joshua Bonehill-Paine)

Tory chair asks Labour to investigate new solicitor general’s 2010 Hamas meetings

Kevin Hollinrake asks Bridget Phillipson if Andy Slaughter’s trips to Gaza and the West Bank live up to Labour’s ministerial standards

By Jane Prinsley

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July 31, 2026 17:39

Andy Slaugher and Jeremy Corbyn with Hamas officials Muhammad Totah, Ahmed Attoun, and Khaled Abu-Arafah (MEMO, Delegation to the West Bank and Israel, November 2010)

Jewish former minister Grant Shapps ‘rejected’ as Tory candidate

The erstwhile home secretary reportedly failed a new selection process, amid claims Kemi Badenoch is purging ideological opponents within her party

By JC Reporter

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July 23, 2026 17:03

Sir Grant Shapps speaks during the Conservative Party Conference at the Birmingham ICC on September 30, 2024 (Getty Images)

Dame Priti Patel accuses government of ‘lying’ to downplay scale of aid going into Gaza

Shadow foreign secretary accuses incoming PM Andy Burnham of failing ‘to speak with any humanity’ about Israeli suffering

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 20, 2026 11:25

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel in Golders Green after the Hatzola ambulance arson attack in March (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Exclusive: Dame Priti Patel slams Green councillor who used a ‘racist’ slur against her

The Labour Party’s chair also attacked the Lewisham councillor who has shared posts comparing Zionism with Nazism

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 1, 2026 18:02

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel delivers a speech during the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. Picture date: Tuesday October 7, 2025. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

‘Enough is enough, Jewish children deserve to feel safe’, says shadow education secretary

We stand with Britain’s Jews, says Badenoch as she attacks Greens for ‘disgraceful antisemitism’

Tugendhat blasts Miliband’s ‘virtue signalling’ over intelligence sharing

Tom Tugendhat: Labour ignoring ‘reality’ in Middle East for ‘narrow political advantage’

James Cleverly: As home secretary I confronted police chiefs when they were failing British Jews

Israel's British allies chastise Yair Netanyahu for ‘cretinous’ Falkland Islands comments

Blocking Sir Grant Shapps from standing at next general election is ‘unfathomable’ says ex-minister’s local association

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