More than two in five voters think Britain is too close to the United States and should distance itself from the “special relationship”, polling for The Times has found.
The YouGov survey found that the number of people who thought the UK was too close to the US had risen by nine percentage points to 43 per cent since April last year, the last time the question was asked.
Only 18 per cent believed that the UK should get closer to the US and 29 per cent said the relationship now was about right. Ten per cent said they did not know.
