But the prime minister was clear he has his own way of doing things.“I am the sort of person that tries to have constructive and positive relations with people,” he said. “I don't really believe in slamming doors and that sort of way of doing politics.

In what has been hailed by trade experts as “the biggest week for UK trade since Brexit,” the UK has struck the long-awaited trade deal with the US, just over a month after – so-called ‘Liberation Day’ – tariffs were announced.