One of Barack Hussein Obama's first actions as President was to send back to the U.K. a bust of Winston Churchill that had long graced the White House. There have been several subsequent snubs directed at the British by the Obama White House.
Now the U.K. has selected a former head of BP (British Petroleum) to lead their new government's efficiency drive. Lord Browne was the leader of BP who led the firm's push to seriously reduce costs, perhaps reducing safety at the same time.
In other words, you could infer that his cost-cutting at BP contributed to the Gulf oil spill now going on. In time for our national birthday, Browne has been given a position of importance by the new British coalition government. See this article in The Daily Beast.
Take that, America.
