Why is Badenoch prepared to take this risk? Former Nazi candidate.

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

Even if she truly believes he's fully rehabilitated and could be a good councillor, surely there are loads of others who could do an equally good job? Why would she want to risk supporting him? Surely the potential for disaster is far greater than any gain?

Because she is an idiot. Totally out of her depth as party leader.
This candidature should never have gone ahead. Any leader who knew her stuff would have expelled the entire local party committee who selected him.

It's like the Mandelson appointment. Everyone knew he was a wrongun, even if he could be a decent ambassador, which by all accounts he was, but it was still a stupid appointment.