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The Democratic candidate said the relationship between the two countries needed to be made fairer and more equal as he made a telephone address to a fund-raising event in west London.

"We have a chance to recalibrate the relationship and for the United Kingdom to work with America as a full partner," the Illinois senator told more than 200 Americans gathered at the Notting Hill home of Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media tycoon Rupert.

Barack Obama speaks during a Memorial Day town hall-style meeting yesterday in New Mexico

The event, which drew prominent expatriates from the arts and media, raised more than $400,000 for Mr Obama's presidential campaign.

A foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign said of his remarks: "It's no longer going to be that we are in the lead and everyone follows us."

His rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton, appeared to admit that her chances of winning were running out. Campaigning in Puerto Rico at the weekend, she acknowledged the odds were stacked against her.

Not only is the former first lady likely to have fewer delegates than Mr Obama at the end of the primary campaign but she has attracted controversy after drawing parallels between Mr Obama's campaign and the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in 1968 during his run for the presidency.

Mrs Clinton insisted her remarks were taken out of context but they damaged her already faltering campaign.

In Puerto Rico, where 55 delegates are at stake, Mrs Clinton danced to Enrique Iglesias and swigged from a bottle of Presidente beer as she attempted to woo voters.

But in a newspaper column she also admitted she could be fighting a losing battle. She said: "I am not unaware of the challenges or the odds of my securing the nomination." But she added: "If I had listened to those who had been talking over the last several months, we would not be having this campaign in Puerto Rico."

Puerto Ricans are unable to vote for a president on 4 November but can turn out on Sunday for the Democratic primary, which Mrs Clinton is favoured to win.