Nigel Farage tells Republicans to 'reach out to the grassroots'. But should have stayed at home?

Nigel Farage is becoming a jet setter. Yesterday evening, he addressed the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) of Republicans in Maryland. Later today, he is delivering the final speech at Ukip’s spring conference in Margate. It’s a tough life, but why did he bother going 3,000 miles for a 20 minute speech? His friendly style appeared to go down well with the Americans, far more customised to his style of politics, but it he did not draw a huge crowd:

I’d estimate 250 people listening to Farage in a vast room that can seat 5,500. But those here are loving him. pic.twitter.com/0TRkieUGxo

— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) February 27, 2015

The topics were mostly the same stuff we’ve heard before. Farage told the gathered Republicans of the ‘unelected old men’ in Brussels and defended his stance on immigration:

‘All I’ve ever said is that Britain is actually a very small island and that we can not go on absorbing a net inflow of up to a third of a million people, two British cities, every single year.’