Reform's climate scepticism serves its backers' interests

ED Miliband has accused Nigel Farage of “making up nonsense and lies” regarding Farage’s stated view that net zero is “lunacy” and that on this, Parliament is “hopelessly out of touch with the country”.

- Mike Baldwin

In fact, it looks like it’s Farage’s views that are actually out of touch with the country. YouGov’s latest poll shows 61% of the population support the Government's policy of net zero by 2050, with only 24% opposing it, so why has Farage decided to go against the views of the majority of the population? Could it be his fawning support for Donald Trump in America, who has described climate change as “mythical”, “nonexistent”