Saturday 19 June 2010

'A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend': It is time Cameron stood up to Obama

Daily Mail
"Of course it is the dishonest attempts to blame us for the oil spill that has prompted more of us to spot there is a problem. He denounces 'British Petroleum'. Yet no such firm exists since the merger of BP and Amoco nine years ago. Just a slip of the tongue after oil slip? Unlikely. He is going for cheap votes by blaming foreigners. Yet 39 per cent of BP shares are American-owned - compared to 40 per cent for the British. While other firms get bailouts, in the case of BP Obama seems determined to cause as much harm to the company as possible.Where are Obama's demands for compensation from the oil rig's owners Transocean or Halliburton who did the drilling? Oh yes, both are American companies.

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