Farage’s latest chairman is a TV presenter who has attacked climate “madness” and called for the ban on fracking to be lifted.

The anti-climate network received the donation from the owner of a company fined $47 million by the Department of Justice.

Reopening the legislation “would be like destroying a bridge [the EU] spent a lot of time building,” experts say.

Yusuf’s new role contrasts markedly with his background in business.