In some ways, backing the Trump campaign was even harder than battling for Brexit. I received almost total condemnation, including from many senior figures in my own party.

How can you compare my life to any other MEP? I mean, come on, it's crackers, isn't it? Look, other MEPs do five days a week in Brussels and pop home for weekends. I'm working seven bloody days a week, all the hours God sends. If you include the socialising, it's over 100 hours a week.

I'm not for laws. We need a minimum of laws.

I hate big government; I hate being told what to do on a personal basis.

I spent 17 years inside an institution trying to effectively destroy it; can you imagine how popular I am in Brussels? I am the most hated figure that's ever been in that place. Every time I get up to speak, hundreds of people boo and jeer.

For whatever reason, Trump likes my story, likes what I've done. He trusts me.

People in business tend to have an instinctive reaction to people.

I think I am quite a good listener.

Being over-rehearsed is very bad. It is stilted. The public see that.

That Obama creature - loathsome individual - he couldn't stand our country.