Badenoch gives ex-neo-Nazi adviser role after council candidacy collapse; victim Berger demands reversal

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch appointed former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine — jailed for antisemitic material and convicted of racially aggravated harassment of then-MP Luciana Berger — as an adviser to the party's culture and integration commission. Berger urged Badenoch to "listen to victims" and reverse the decision. A spokesperson said Bonehill-Paine will not receive a parliamentary pass, citing completed counter-terrorism courses.