He was jailed for a late-night attack on a guest staying at Glamis Castle in Angus, his ancestral home.

Social media users questioned the legitimacy of the claims, with some claiming they were "tripe".

One patient said: “F*** yourself, it’s your fault if I die because of this vaccine… I’ll take your name and I’m to get my family to sue you whenever I die after this vaccine.”

"The worst part about this statement is you describing blatant racism as “racial undertones”,' said one Twitter user.

"Trump was wasted on right-wing extremism. He could have been the world's funniest, sassiest camp comedian," Owen Jones posted in response.

"We cannot live like this any longer, and we won’t accept growing mass homelessness of people in Cornwall and ever-expanding house prices becoming an accepted part of life."

"People are sick of the Government giving themselves get-out-of-jail free passes while the rest of us stick to the rules," Sarah Olney said.

He also caused outrage saying Margaret Thatcher’s closure of coal mines had given the UK an “early start” in moving to a greener economy.

Ironically, his GB News rant fuelled a further surge in donations for a hovercraft named the Flying Farage.