Ben Goldsmith, the veteran Conservative environmentalist and ally of Boris Johnson, has been approached to write Reform UK’s policies on nature, as Nigel Farage’s party attempts to make inroads with voters put off by his stance on the climate crisis. It is understood the financier and wildlife campaigner will not be joining the party, but is happy to advise them on nature policy. Reform figures including Richard Tice have campaigned against Ed Miliband’s drive to build renewables such as solar and onshore wind, arguing that it blights the countryside. Their nature policy will probably include promises to “protect the countryside” from this, despite the fact solar farms have been found to contain more nature than intensively farmed land. Tice and other Reform figures have also pledged to scrap net zero and poured doubt on the contribution of humans, and fossil fuels, to climate breakdown.