Nigel Farage branded ‘imbecile’ after clarifying calling King an 'eco-loony'

“No wonder we’ve got people spraying Stonehenge with orange powder, because all we ever talk about is fear rather than solutions,” he added.

His controversial position on climate change sparked division amongst Panorama viewers, while others questioned his decision to criticise the King if he hopes to become Prime Minister at the next General Election.

“Criticising the King, who currently has cancer, doesn’t seem like a good idea from Farage,” one X (formerly Twitter) user said.

“He’s calling the King an idiot, and trying to sell out Ukraine to Putin. Nigel Farage is no patriot,” another viewer commented.

“I can’t see #Farage being welcome at the palace any time soon after calling the King an eco-looney (sic),” a third mused.

One viewer responded to his comments on climate change with a video of recent flooding in Switzerland.

“Just watching Nigel Farage dismissing proper climate action on TV as these pictures from Switzerland hit my timeline,” they said. “He really is quite the imbecile.”

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Another simply said: “scientifically illiterate moron.” And another added: “The mans a bafoon.” (sic)

While others defended Farage, with one fan saying: “Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant – plants and trees need it to stay alive. Nigel is right.”

“And again nigel is correct,” another said. “Co2 is life on earth.”

Though another user pointed out: “It’s relative though, isn’t it? Excessive CO2 is death on earth.”