Philip Delves Broughton says that Barack Obama has not dealt well with the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico — and his party will pay at the congressional elections in November
I suppose £260 million isn’t all that much in the scheme of things. Not when you are used to dealing in billions and trillions.

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