Conservative MP David Davies has blasted the BBC for its ‘biased’ coverage of president-elect Donald Trump.

Mr Davies said that news presenters had been ‘appalled’ by the Republican candidate’s dramatic sweep to the White House.

““All I know about Donald Trump is what I’ve seen through the British media, which is heavily biased against him, said Mr Davies.

“On the BBC, it was clear that the TV presenters were appalled by his election. Yet many millions – half the American voters – must have believed they had good reasons for voting for him.

“Let’s wait and see how he performs in the job before condemning him out of hand,” he added.

The outspoken MP recently came under fire for suggesting that child migrants looked older than their purported age, sparking a social media frenzy both for and against his sentiment.

When asked about a tape which recorded Mr Trump making unsavoury comments about women, Mr Davies said he was ‘surprised’.

“Most young males have, from my experience, made similar comments in private, but when they get married and have daughters they usually stop saying such things,” said the MP.

Mr Davies, who was a leading Leave campaigner in June’s referendum, said, “I congratulate President-elect Trump.

“I suspect that what we’ve seen again is the failure of the media and the people who commentate on elections to understand what the silent majority think.

“They have to listen to the centre-left preaching to them all the time, and resent it. But the centre-left have completely ignored the very serious concerns many ordinary people in Britain and the United States feel about migration.”

Mr Davies said their cultural concerns were not being listened to, and dismissed as racist and xenophobic.

In what pollsters term ‘shy voters’, Mr Davies said ordinary people skewed the polls by keeping their views to themselves.

“Most people don’t voice their opinions because they are afraid of being pilloried or even – if they work in the public sector – being sacked.

“I am not against Muslims or anyone because of the colour of their skin, but I am concerned at the possibility of large numbers of young men coming from countries with very different cultural attitudes,” he said.

Mr Davies added that following the victories of Brexit and Trump, an anti-establishment wave threatened the status quo of Western democracies.

“There’s a presidential election taking place in France next April and May, and the chance of Marine Le Pen [Front Nationale leader] winning cannot be written off, said Mr Davies.”