Unlike Obama and Clinton who both sneered at us, Donald Trump actually likes the UK

This week's events have made me feel even more optimistic about the future.

The election of Donald Trump as US President has sent a shockwave through the establishment, shaking them to the core.

A man who was dismissed, vilified and condemned, even by many senior politicians in his own party, has managed to defy the odds and defeat the establishment.

It is a truly remarkable achievement. The pundits, media establishment and polling companies all gave him virtually no chance of winning.

I think I may well have been the only politician in Britain who offered Trump any support or help whatsoever.

Yet he defied the odds, just as we on the Leave side managed here during the Brexit referendum.

And there are certainly parallels on the issues we campaigned on.

Strong border controls both to ensure we look after the citizens of our own country first and to minimise the danger from Isis terrorists looking to take advantage of weak and open borders. Belief in nation state democracy over global corporatism that acts in the interests of big banks and business rather than ordinary citizens. It was these messages that won huge support across the United States as with the Brexit campaign here in the UK.

Unlike Obama and Clinton who both sneered at our country, Donald Trump actually likes the UK. He supported Brexit and understands our post-Brexit values.

When it comes to foreign policy, it is Trump who wants to stop the endless series of disastrous wars that we've seen in recent times. Indeed in the US election it was Hillary Clinton who was the neo-con who had supported constant military intervention.

This year's democratic revolution should now help ensure that the special relationship between the UK and the USA gets back to where it should be. Rather than a President like Obama who looks down at us and tells us that we'll have to get to the back of the queue, with Trump our country will be at the front of the queue.

And please don't for a minute think that the change ends here. Voters across the Western world want nation state democracy, proper border controls and to be in charge of their own lives. Further political shocks in Europe and beyond are coming.

THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP IS DEAD. DO YOU CARE?

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