Would you want this ex neo Nazi, internet troll, misogynist, racist ex con on your council?

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Kemi Badenoch says he deserves a second chance. Would you want him on your council?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1q6167d3o

I saw this this morning. Stupid decision by the cons.
We really don't have decent people representing and working for us anymore do we? Just the fact he wasn't thrown out in the trash is beyond me.

perhaps she thinks if I can't beat them I'll join them. Braverman would welcome him into Reform

Yowch. So you probably know more than has come out in public, @GrimDamnFanjo .

Yeah, no lying low for Bonehill-Paine. Wanting a stage seems to be one of his traits.

This is a reason I'm not yet fully convinced by his supposed reformation. The opportunity to go round lecturing on anti-semitism and being the centre of attention sounds like something which would appeal to him in itself.

Yes, all of this.

Yeah this is bollocks. He was put on HII as part of his probation. It's the Home Office's de-radicalisation programme. It's not like he had a choice.

Badenoch saying he was "cleared" by the Home Office on the radio this morning is a complete joke. This guy could not ever achieve even the lowest level of security clearance given his convictions.

I’ve never trusted Kemi, she’s always struck me as having a nasty streak. And now I know I was right, if she thinks this vile man is worthy of being in her party then that tells us everything.

He hasn’t rehabilitated, no one is stupid enough to believe that.

Whatever he’s up to it’s just an act.

I just don't understand Badenoch in all this. It is really odd.

He must have done though - he found God while he was inside...

Nope!

And I have Braverman as an MP so the bar is already set pretty low 🤣

I agree. She's usually quite sharp on the issues. This is just so obviously going to backfire on her, what was she thinking of? Bonkers.

Yep, was thinking about him as well. If someone has a personality that tends to easily be radicalised, I think they can pivot to other extremes as well.

There was no need to ever defend him. He simply should not have been a contender. By all means, allow him to speak in schools (under supervision) about the dangers of radicalisation or something. But he doesn't need to go to the next step of influencing local policies etc.

But she isn't a criminal is she?

Another reason he shouldn’t be allowed to be a candidate, he’s delusional.

Thanks for explaining that.

I am sure I have read previously that her insinct is to run towards fights instead of away from them.

I sympathise with this personality trait - it is one that I share (!) - and of course it has its benefits, but sometimes such an instinct can lead one astray.

It might be that they are short of people to stand. It's a big commitment so it's not like all the voters for a party will be willing/able to stand as councillors for them and the conservatives have been losing support quite a bit especially to Reform. So maybe that played a role as well, I'm not sure...
Or they saw he had an online presence and wanted to benefit from that. Which isn't in itself a bad tactic politically but it's different when the guy was a neo-Nazi.

Ah but did God find him?

It’s all a bit ‘vampire working in a blood bank’ really. I mean, if someone was caught with their hand in the till and jailed for it, they shouldn’t become an accountant. If someone was caught selling organs on the black market and jailed for it, they shouldn’t be a doctor. And if someone was a neo nazi and jailed for behaviour relating to it, they have no place in politics. It should be the most basic dealbreaker for entry into the job.

He is standing as councillor in the county council, not Parliament. Kemi Badenoch has dismissed the idea that he could be troublesome at local level by saying he will only be dealing with bins, etc. That conveniently misses out education, social services, housing, etc,. etc. that local authorities deal with.

Couldn't make this shit up could you?

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F*ck me I am soooo glad we are LibDem where I am.

Wanting to appeal to the woman hating neo Nazi contingent of the internet isn't a good tactic for anybody who isn't a woman hating neo Nazi.

Reckon the Green Party comment is more due to worries about what's in the back stories of some of theirs, too. 'But the Conservatives accepted a literal Nazi and that was fine!'.

Given her attitude to redemption presumably Kemi would be happy with a repentent convicted sex offender working in her kids school. Yes?

Given her attitude to redemption I assume we’ve heard the last of Haigh’s phone.

Yes the remit for local council is high. It's not just potholes.

Adult Social Care is the main chunk of all councils.

Education and SEND us next.

He should not be standing. But he obviously loves the attention, no matter how negative that might be.