UK government denies reports of US envoy role for Farage

Downing Street has rubbished claims that UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been touted as a potential envoy between Britain and the United States in the wake of Donald Trump's election as president.

Trump has previously talked about the "special relationship" between the two countries and his attempts to strengthen it even further, while Farage appeared with the Republican on the campaign trail earlier this year.

It was reported earlier this week by The Daily Telegraph that Brexit minister Liam Fox had contacted Farage about the possibility of acting as a go-between for the two governments, but the claims have been denied by sources from no.10, according to The BBC. Farage was described as an "irrelevance", according to the reports.

Farage wrote a column on Thursday in which he described himself as Trump's only supporter within British politics, an attitude he believed to be foolish.

"In this country, Trump was utterly discounted and friendless. Indeed, I think I was the only political figure that offered any help or support at all," the interim UKIP leader wrote.

Speculation has circulated that the British government has a lack of contacts on the other side of the Atlantic, but Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson rushed to dismiss the claims, saying that Trump's running mate Mike Pence had called him shortly after the election.

"I believe that this is a great opportunity for us in the UK to build on that relationship with America that is of fundamental economic importance to us, but also, great importance for the stability and prosperity of the world," confirmed Johnson.