To think Nigel Farage is the most damaging political figure we have had for decades?

[Zadig]

This man made it his entire life's ambition to exit the UK from the EU. He has campaigned on this issue for decades and achieved his goal by becoming the "pied piper" to the disaffected and tapping into the insidious racism that lurks beneath our society. Ugly stuff.
Then, on achieving his life's ambition, what does he do? He resigns.
Yes we were all glad to see the back of him obviously, but AIBU to feel he should have been forced to head up and deal with the shit show that is Brexit, rather than running away from the train wreck he set in motion? Of all politicians, I find his hypocrisy totally staggering.

OP I suppose it depends on how you classify damaging ? Do you mean damage to the economy , the NHS , the education system , infrastructure ?

He is simply an opportunist , wearing a dodgy coat .

To me the real villain's of the piece are our press , who have been pathetic over the last few years , allowing out and out fib telling of the highest order to go largely unchallenged , whether by design or by sheer embarrassingly shoddy journalism . Shame on them .