Joshua Bonehill-Paine
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, also known as Joshua Bonehill and by the pseudonym Crewkerne Man, is an English political satirist, described by Private Eye as "a media darling", who created the YouTube channel The Crewkerne Gazette in March 2025, which publishes AI-generated videos. He was formerly a far-right nationalist, internet troll, and convicted criminal imprisoned in 2015; he said that he had abandoned his far-right views while in prison, and started delivering counter-extremism lectures following his release in 2018.
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Aug 6, 2026
Lean Left
Bonehill-Paine, a neo-Nazi activist previously jailed for antisemitic abuse, was selected as a Conservative council candidate in Somerset.
The left views this selection as further evidence that the UK Conservative Party is willing to platform far-right extremism to win local seats.
Aug 6, 2026
Far Left
The jailed former neo-Nazi is back in the news because Badenoch praised his 'contrition' and backed his council candidacy.
His rehabilitation by the Conservative Party shows how mainstream the far right has become within British politics, and radical left critics treat it as a red line.