Nigel Farage butterfly spotting? Our politicians could use some wild reinvention | Patrick Barkham

We might better identify with MPs if they communed with nature. Even the Ukip leader might seem less loathsomeBarack Obama spent the weekend in Yosemite national park, and made me realise how rarely we see western politicians beyond the built environment. He was the first sitting president since JFK to visit Yosemite and, for all his sincerity on climate change, his trip is so late in his presidency that it appears legacy-building rather than agenda-setting.Obama has the great statesperson&rsquo