I first found out that my name was being dragged into the biggest news story of the year when I woke up and my wife came in and said: “What’s all this about you and Brett Kavanaugh?” I said: “I have absolutely no idea.” Then people started ringing up asking for a comment on this supposed ruckus in a bar between him and someone who looked like me in 1985. My obvious comment is: “It wasn’t me!”

I’ve been following the news story like everybody else. We’ve just come back from Seattle and you couldn’t turn on the TV without it being on. American politics seems particularly unsavoury at the moment: it’s at an all-time low. I don’t know the bloke, so I don’t know whether he’s innocent or guilty, but I wouldn’t support anyone assaulting women.