A US government official was today thrust into 15 minutes of fame when his disparaging remarks about the very one-sided nature of the "special relationship" were plastered all over the Times newspaper. Kendall Myers, a senior analyst at the US state department's bureau of research and intelligence, said he felt "a little ashamed" at Tony Blair's treatment by George Bush as the prime minister had received so little political "payback" for supporting the US over Iraq. Speaking at an academic forum in Washington, Mr Myers said of Britain's attempts to influence US policy in recent years: "We typically ignore them and take no notice."Downing Street can easily dismiss these unflattering remarks - accurate as they may be - as Mr Myers is hardly a household political name. If they had fallen from the lips of Condoleezza Rice - not that they ever would - that would have been an entirely different matter....
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