"The person behind an anonymous social media account that posts AI videos of UK politicians has been identified as a man who has spent time in prison for multiple hate crimes directed towards Jewish people. Joshua Bonehill-Paine was identified by Channel 4 News as the owner of Crewkerne Gazette, a satirical X account that created AI videos depicting politicians such as Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham apparently singing popular songs from artists such as Amy Winehouse, Barry Manilow and Elton John with altered, politically themed lyrics."
"In early 2015 Bonehill-Paine attempted to organise a mass protest in Stamford Hill, north London, to rally against the complete Jewification of the borough, and later in the year tried to organise another in Golders Green, an area of the city with a large Jewish population. He promoted the latter with a cartoon image of Hitler and wrote that the event would be an absolute gas. He was sentenced to three years and four months in jail for inciting hatred against Jews."
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 33, has been identified as the owner of Crewkerne Gazette, an anonymous satirical X account that produced AI videos showing UK politicians apparently singing popular songs with altered, politically themed lyrics. Bonehill-Paine has a history of extremist and discriminatory behaviour, having described himself online with nationalist and white-rights labels and perpetuated fabricated stories targeting immigrants. He provided evidence of completing the Prevent awareness course and involvement in counter-extremism education while claiming to have renounced antisemitism. He organised and promoted protests aimed at Jewish areas using inflammatory imagery and was jailed for inciting hatred; he was also convicted of racially aggravated harassment of MP Luciana Berger.
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