Does the UK have a 'special relationship' with the US?
b'It is a phrase credited to Winston Churchill \\u2013 and the state of it has been a source of endless anxiety for a string of prime ministers. But not, it seems, for Boris Johnson.\\n\\nDowning Street confirmed on Monday that he is not a fan of the term \\u201cspecial relationship\\u201d as a way of describing the UK\\u2019s friendship with its most powerful ally.\\n\\nThe disclosure, which came a day after Joe Biden used the phrase and three days before Johnson welcomes the US president ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall, was based on a suggestion that Johnson saw it as \\u201cneedy and weak\\u201d.'