Despite widespread public support for clean energy and climate action, Nigel Farage’s party is running on an aggressively anti-net zero ticket.

Amit Forlit, who is accused of conducting hacking operations against 128 targets, faces up to 45 years behind bars if found guilty.

The would-be mayor has claimed that carbon dioxide “is not pollution”.

Concerns have been raised about the channel’s “wild and paranoid conspiracy claims” ahead of May’s local elections.