The right-wing anti-immigration politician who led the Brexit campaign in Britain is currently touring Australia.

Nigel Farage has become increasingly irrelevant in British politics, but he is commanding speaking fees and being given a hero's welcome by Sky News presenters and One Nation politicians

It could be a cynical money grabbing exercise, a play for political influence in Australia… or both.

Today, journalist Kurt Johnson on the Nigel Farage tour, the figures behind it and the global franchise of right-wing populists.

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