Nigel Farage sweated the Conservative Party.
So I thought I would spend the night with the Ukip leader to find out why.
We had a chat on a pint of beer and then I watched his show at a public meeting in West Sussex.
Here are some conclusions: Nigel Farage inspired his party.
The meeting at the community hall in Waterfield, near pulsborough, was packed with people.
The parking lot overflow;
Traffic lined up along the road.
About 250 people chose to give up a good night in April to listen to a politician.
There is a buzz in the lobby that I haven't seen for a while.
Only standing room.
Unlike the public meetings held by the leaders of the larger party, people are involved and excited.
It looks interesting to some people.
All of this is on the leaves of West Sussex.
Mr Farage has attracted voters.
Half of the audience said they were not members of the UKIP.
Many people I spoke to said they were just curious.
They wanted to come over and see what the fuss was.
Many are slightly dissatisfied with the larger party they voted for before and are interested in getting the Ukip to take a look.
There is a lot of gray hair in the audience, but it is not uniform.
There are some young people with their children.
Mr Farage foiled his opponent.
Some of the audience were conservative.
The success of the UKIP in stealing their voters has apparently angered several people.
Why are they here?
One of them said, "you need to know your enemy . "
Mr. Farage rides backwards.
Build waves easily.
His claim is that the three larger parties are hardly different, led by a small group of people from the same political elite, "they have never done a real day of work in their lives ".
He often talks about the madness of the political class ".
He cleverly linked his questions.
For example, he initially attacked wind farms, believing they could not produce energy efficiently.
But he then talked about how green energy subsidies are shifting wealth from the poor to the rich.
One of them was a man named Sir Reginald Sheffield, who claimed that he had installed a wind farm on his land and would receive £ 1,000 a day.
He's the father of Samantha Cameron.
So we went back to the agency.
Mr Farage has successfully expanded the appeal of Ukip from Europe to overseas. The anti-
Comments from the EU remain
Democratic deficit, waste, fraud-
But now it is stuck in other issues, particularly with regard to migration, particularly from Bulgaria and Romania.
When he announced: "Now is the time to put the interests of our working men and women first", the audience heard a warm applause.
But he also won support by attacking the planned HS2 high-speed rail and county council waste and the high salaries of their officials.
Interestingly, he did not mention same-sex marriage, but it did not attract attention.
Mr. Farage posed as an ordinary politician, an ordinary man who almost stumbled into politics.
He talked about his life as a former financier.
"I worked hard in the city for 20 years until lunch time ". He does self-
Belittle him better than most in a way that puts him on the side of the audience.
"I was surprised to see so many fruit cakes, quirks, cranks and cow flies here tonight," he said . ".
Mr. Farage has stamina.
For a man whose back was damaged after a plane crash in 2010, he drank a very unhealthy beerand-
He has extraordinary energy. His non-
Stopping the election tour of the country will test most politicians.
But somehow, at least for now, even if he does need a cushion, he will move on.
Mr. Farage has an informal network of political party offices in every community across the country.
They are called bars.
Every time I interview Mr Farage there is always a bar nearby.
He used them as informal offices and gathering places.
But more importantly, "every bar is parliament," he said ".
The bar is where people talk and spread information.
The word UKIP is for many people.
Perhaps for other parties obsessed with how best to use twitter and other forms of social media to send messages to voters, this is a question worth thinking about.
But for some, Mr Farage is a taste of the day after tomorrow.
Not everyone was convinced by him and the vulgar humor and bald slogan pouring out of his mouth.
He joked about his German wife.
"No one can tell me the danger of living in a German-dominated family "--
You can see that some people are holding back.
His team sells very low.
Printed with the high-end tea towel of EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, the slogan is "real Belgian wet rag ".
I was told by an audience: "He can talk, but I never believe him.
Others said, "it's all smoke and mirrors.
Some people complain that there is not enough chance to ask him questions.
UKIP is still not professional.
In his speech, the light of the slide machine was always shining on his face.
After his exciting speech, a Conservative MP gave a long and dull speech defending his recent defections of the UKIP, which made the meeting frustrating.
Their slogan is: "Stop opening the door to EU immigrants --
You know it makes sense, "in front of the crazy mad party" vote for crazy monsters "--
You know that makes sense.
"This is still a growing political party.
My conclusion is that Mr Farage's campaign is very attractive to voters.
"Don't complain about the news at 10 and say what you will do about it," he said . ".
"Give us a few bob.
Hang a sign on your window
Let your friends give in.
He is not without ambition.
"I don't know what might happen, is this a huge dent in a huge explosion.
But he made it clear that this should be seen as a "rehearsal" for next year's European elections ".
"I believe we have the opportunity to win these elections throughout the UK and cause earthquakes in British politics.
We are really fighting for very high stakes.
We are on the verge of a democratic revolution.
Please help it succeed.
"The most lasting memory for me and UKIP nights is the idea.
In past elections Nigel Farage has asked voters to "lend us your vote," which is the default for the Ukip vote to be a temporary protest vote.
But now he's not saying that.
He now said, "Give us your ticket ".
If voters do so, the Ukip may become the fourth British party they want to be.