Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the candidate, Joshua Bonehill-Paine, had demonstrated rehabilitation through his work in countering extremism. “This case still haunts me,” Berger, who is now a peer in the House of Lords, posted on X on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Guardian, Bonehill-Paine said the Conservative Party and his local branch were aware of his past before selecting him. She also noted that the board had contacted the Conservative Party “to set out our concerns and call on them to rescind his selection and review their vetting processes.” “This is a former Neo-Nazi who was sent to prison for racially abusing a Jewish politician,” the group said.