[BITList] the guardian - eh?

[s14engine]

WTF are they talking about?

I haven't heard even one anti-British sentiment anywhere here in the USA - not even a slight hint.................................

even yanks can separate British petroleum from great britain.

additionally, the BP hierarchy in the USA are all yanks; the deepwater horizon rig manning was all yanks, Halliburton crews were all yanks........................apart from tony, not a brit in sight.

ct

Backlash grows to 'anti-British rhetoric'
By Jean Eaglesham in London 

Published: June 10 2010 23:25 | Last updated: June 10 2010 23:25

Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London, launched an attack on Thursday on what he called the "anti-British rhetoric that seems to be permeating from America". His statement typified the growing British backlash against the perceived scapegoating of BP by Barack Obama.

The tone of British resentment against the US president's outspoken criticism of BP and Tony Hayward, the oil company's chief executive, was set by the headline in Thursday's Daily Telegraph. "Obama's boot on the throat of British pensioners", the rightwing ­paper declared, as it highlighted the impact of the fall in BP's share price on the wider London stock market.

Mr Johnson was among a host of politicians taking up the same theme, albeit in a more nuanced manner. 
The London mayor called for an end to the "buck passing and name calling", saying the anti-British rhetoric from the US might damage UK interests. "It starts to become a matter of national concern if a great British company is being continually beaten up on the international airwaves," Mr Johnson told the BBC.
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