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"It's usually charities that help rather than councils, and if they do get involved, it can be housing officers or social workers who tend to come in all guns blazing, because they have a job to do – get your house cleared."

She added while she was a spectator, she "never intended" to get involved in the action.

"But I don't think it's appropriate for me to get involved in their election."

But Dr Graeme Hayes, reader in Political Sociology at Aston University, thinks only a tiny minority of climate campaigners are likely to get involved in such actions.

A spokesperson said: "These business owners would never knowingly involve themselves in criminal activity. Rather, it is since the resurgence of popularity of single-use vapes, and therefore a popular 'cash market', that we've seen organised crime gangs get involved in importing and distributing vapes."