Agence France-Presse: British Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted on Sunday that relations with the United States were “excellent” as he sought to draw a line under strains over BP and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. US President Barack Obama spoke to Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday about his criticism of the British oil giant and assured him it had “nothing to do with national identity”, amid fears it could stoke an anti-British backlash. Asked in a BBC interview on Sunday whether the …