It is that rarest of red flags – one that signals to the powerful and privileged that they, for once, are the ones in danger. All the people you would want to be resting uneasily in their beds are now up and pacing during the night. If one of the richest, most influential, aggressive and feared men in an aggressive and feared industry no longer has impunity, none of them do. And so the old order crumbles.

In many ways, it is a verdict on the #MeToo movement itself. And who built that movement? Women did. All those who spoke out about their own terrible experiences, all those who supported them in doing so, all those who created a climate in which high-profile survivors felt able to come out, be heard and lend further weight to the case against Weinstein. They helped shift cultural perspective and deepen understanding so that a jury could come in with minds more open and knowledgeable about what happens to us and how and why, and deliver justice in one of its rarest forms. Onward.

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Lucy Mangan: Weinstein’s conviction is a verdict on the #MeToo movement itself