This is the year of the political revolution. First we had Brexit, which was the first brick that was knocked out of the establishment wall. Then in the US we had, in political terms, a remarkably similar event.

On the eve of vote, the polling industry and much of the media all said that a Hillary win had a likelihood of more than 90 per cent. In this country, Trump was utterly discounted and friendless. Indeed, I think I was the only political figure that offered any help or support at all.

I said a month ago that I thought he would win and that once again the polling industry would prove itself to be bankrupt. Though the contest was tight, Trump has withstood a huge level of abuse. Some of it he has brought upon himself with comments that perhaps it would have been wiser to think about before making. But he has shown the ability to apologise when he’s got things wrong. That is an increasingly rare phenomenon among contemporary politicians.