Several British press outlets have begun to lash out at US President Obama because of his new firmer stance with the British owned company that is basically emptying an oil well into the Gulf.  According to a news report:

As the Obama administration has joined the chorus of U.S. politicians lambasting BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a plume of anger is rising across the Atlantic at what many see as an unfair castigation of a British icon. U.S. officials have demanded that BP suspend dividend payments for the time being, and Obama has said he would have fired Chief Executive Tony Hayward if Hayward worked for him.

Grandstanding and buck-passing, say many British politicians, pundits and pensioners, hitting back at what they see as intimidation tactics directed at a company that has brought immense value to the British — and global — economy.

“The president should make it clear that he has no desire to destroy a great global company,” Malcolm Rifkind, a former Cabinet minister, warned Friday. “The future of its chief executive is for the company to decide and not for the White House. While he might, as he has said, wish to ‘kick ass,’ he should concentrate his energies on more productive activity.”

Representatives from the U.S. State Department of have already come forward to say this is nonsense since BP is a privately held company.  We love our UK LIFERS but we all share the world so we gotta take care of it blokes – BP will be fine…….

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