Kemi Badenoch has offered an advisory role to Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi activist. This offer follows Bonehill-Paine's withdrawal as a Conservative candidate for local elections scheduled for next year.
The advisory position will reportedly concentrate on the radicalisation of young men. Bonehill-Paine has previously described himself as a 'nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights' and was convicted for harassing a Jewish MP. He states that he has engaged in counter-extremism work since his release from prison.