People dismissed Nigel Farage as a loon, as a crank, as a racist.
His anti-EU campaign won big last night, humbled the establishment and brought down a sitting Prime Minister.
I wrote that it was his night. It went a heck of a lot better than any one envisioned.
Once the blowout began in bellwether Sunderland, the bells tolled for Brexit.
Nigel has been my hero for a very long time