Ultimately (BP) cannot be faulted because, I'm sorry, it was an accident that took place, and BP, I think, is paying a very, very heavy price indeed

This has to be the most ridiculous statement, made by press in the UK, that I've ever heard anyone make on behalf of BP. We all know countries to be seperate from corporations (altho which of the two control the other is up for debate) and so to blindly defend BP because pension funds ride on it is incredibly criminal at worst and self-serving at best.

Enron/Worldcom screwed up, tons of people's pension funds were wiped out. That is often the cost of criminal acts, incompetence or poor leadership. It may call for better fund management, better regulations or scrutiny of safety procedures. In BP's case they knowingly ignored safety concerns and no price can be too heavy when local fishermen, environment, ecosystems have been irreparably damaged.

Pay up.