Rishi Sunak’s press secretary said the Tory deputy chairman’s remarks are ‘not something that the Prime Minister has expressed’ himself.

“If you choose to have your NHS treatment at one of our hospitals in England, all the costs will be covered by the NHS", the company's website notes.

"Every single river in England is polluted, and one of the largest sources of that pollution is the water industry."

The adventurer, who is a spokesperson for a beef organ supplement brand, says his meat-heavy diet has made him stronger than ever.

It would take just a few to say that it is a "bit of a mess and we are going to have to work together to solve it" to get Britain back on track.

"Reclaim, what do they do? Do they like recycling? I don’t know what they are", one person said in the former Tory MP's constituency.

Bridgen said he will be launching a crowdfunding campaign to pay for the legal action.

There is growing evidence of an electorate sufficiently angry at Tory incumbents to back whoever stands a chance of defeating them.

He said exorbitant labour costs and rocketing food prices are battering the hospitality sector and blamed MPs for not understanding.