Considering the unfair, prejudicial, and downright false claims he made during the campaign, I think it's not at all unfair.
His words and actions demonstrate an ability to insult and disrupt, to 'throw verbal bombs', but little else. When it came to taking criticism in return, much less to showing an ability to lead a divided public, he showed his true colors.
The claims were NOT downright false. The claims that were made were not made by Nigel Farage. The accounting on EU payments is complex. The membership to the EU is 350 million GBP per week, which is $550,000 per week. But due to rebates and farm subsidies deducted at source the payments are 250,000 GBP per week, which is $375,000 per week. That is an awful lot of money for the misery and bossiness inflicted by the EU.
Andrea Leadsom has already pledged most of that money to the NHS if she is elected leader.
By the way Nigel Farage was drawing attention to the rebates throughout the campaign. The $350,000 million figure though technically correct came from the leave campaign and not UKIP.
Nigel Farage has been correct in having the EU in his sights and will now devote time to help leave campaigns in other EU countries.
My brother James has just returned from a spell in the Loire Valley. He was visiting a relative of his wife who has lived in France for many years. My brother let quite a number of French people. He was actually not surprised that those he spoke to were pleased with the Leave victory, and hope for similar results in their election. There is increasing support for Marie Le Pen who is pledged to take France out of the EU. There is more than an outside chance she will win the presidency.
Geert Wilders is on track for a win in Holland and he is pledged to take Holland out. I will be surprised if the UK is the only country pulling out of the EU. Most countries in the EU have a leave movement.
The sooner the EU is broken up the better off for everyone.
The Chancellor George Osborne has said he will create a tax haven right on the EU doorstep if the EU try to clip the wings of the financial centers in the City of London.
There is going to be hardball and ending unlimited EU migration will not be negotiable.
Interestingly Theresa May the Home Secretary and a leading contender to replace David Cameron has refused to guarantee the right of EU citizens already in the UK to stay there. This is interesting as she was in the remain campaign. Interestingly Andrea Leasdom a contender from the Leave campaign has pledged that those EU citizens already in the UK can stay.
I think the negotiations to leave the EU are going to be hard fought.