I’m afraid he never won me over during the campaign. I never trusted his rhetoric – too good to be true, but the world and enough of his electorate was taken in by a fresh faced black man, and he is now, well into his Presidency, one of the least popular in recent years. And if he screws up BP will be loathed by many this side of the “pond”. Cameron better talk a bit tougher this weekend.

Torrential rain.:(

Whatever the complexities of the situation it is quite clear that Obama is trying to cover his own back and recover some of his low poll ratings. As for Gore the Bore – is he still a major shareholder in Occidental?

Yes, indeed. I somehow think we might not have heard the last of this gentleman, knowing the exploratory powers of some of our fellow forumites!

Thanks Rich – I am not a hammer and spanner man but was interested fior nostalgia’s sake. £ 9000 for a 140 rust bucket – a lot of dosh indeed!

Rich – with your penchant for Jags do you ever see 120s and 140s come onto the market. My father had both in the early/mid-fifties and boy did they go…..:D

Actually no I wasn’t – but its been bugging me for a couple of days and felt it needed an airing. Someone should remind bl***dy Obama about Piper Alpha. I spent a great deal of time in Aberdeen at the time of the explosion and don’t recall any vilification of Occiedental’s US owenership at the time. And the insurance payout ran into billions.

True, but many flew both Hurricane and Spitfire.