Nigel has been a volatile politician and was widely regarded as the main architect of removing UK from EU. You could say he started off full of promise, but after he effectively ended the UK Independence Party then people just felt disappointment instead. But back he came with the Reform party which lasted just long enough to split the conservative vote and allow left-wing Labour into government. Now Reform has pretty much died because of its internal squabbling.

Nigel suffered a series of sketchy accidents, notably the brakes failing on his car and his light aircraft crashing in a field. I think it's true to say that by now he's widely regarded amongst conservatives either as recruited into controlled opposition, or at best focused solely on his own interests and hoping to be rewarded by a seat in the House of Lords in return for stop rocking the boat.