Rehabilitating Hate: A Troubling Experiment in Redemption The Conservative Party's selection of Joshua Bonehill Paine as a local election candidate raises questions about its approach to rehabilitation and forgiveness.
Bonehill Paine, a former neo Nazi with a history of hate crimes, was convicted of racially aggravated harassment against Labour MP Luciana Berger in 2015.
His involvement with an anti radicalisation program like Prevent has led some to argue that he has disavowed his previous views and is now fit to serve on a local council.