He and Farage will have found much to discuss. And the newly-elected MEPs are excited about the prospect of a Grillo-Farage partnership - two larger than life characters electrifying European politics. Such a tie-up would allow Farage to shed the "BNP in blazers" tag that Ukip's lumbered with, and allow him to divorce himself from the racist candidates he was forced to kick out during the long and bruising campaign. None of the allegations of racism appeared to make any difference to Farage's popularity, but as time goes on, the Ukip leader knows he's got to tread very carefully to avoid a backlash.