Shell, govt spin machine keeps lid on worst UK oil spill for decade

Royal Dutch Shell says there are now only two barrels of oil a day leaking from one of its North Sea rigs. But with an estimated two hundred tons having leaked into the water over 6 days, environmentalists say the clean-up could take some time. It's said to be the worst spill in British waters in more than a decade, and began last Wednesday. But it was only acknowledged by Shell two days later. Adam Ramsay from the UK-based People and Planet student organisation, thinks Shell and the government have been complicit in oil industry cover-ups for ages.
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[WeAreChangeTelford]

if an 11 year old steals a chocolate bar during the riots they go to prison. not one shell employee will go to prison.

[SkullOfYorick]

Fuck Royal Dutch Shell. Fuck Queen Beatrix. Fuck the Bilderberg Group. Fuck David Cameron. Fuck Nick Clegg. Fuck the MSM.

[scooterkillz]

can we no just collect the gas in the water and use it on our cars and motorbikes ?

[MrMinutemen]

If shell could convince you they'd say locals are stealing oil!

[bordkrijt]

@welhungjohnson You're fucking dumb, our queen doesnt own Royal Dutch Shell..

[1776Dawes]

we will see a world money and political collapse within one year.

[MELISSA84008]

@bayonetsluts And NO ONE is talking about how the SEA FLOOR is leaking in the Gulf AGAIN!! ...Macondo sea floor is leaking oil!!!!!stuarthsmith(DOT)com/o­­il-risi­ng-from-macondo-well-­b­p-hires-­fleet-of-40-shrimp-­bo­ats-to-la­y-boom-around-dee­pwa­ter-horizo­n-site

[GeneralParadigm]

If you use their products, then you are to blame. Get off your high horse. Stop playin' the Shell game.

[bayonetsluts]

and this hasn't been reported in australian press either.

[bwfc1000]

@SvrchovaneCechy which is considerably better than the amount we pay to keep the benefits cheats sitting on their arses all day, contributing a great big whopping FUCK ALL to the country

[bwfc1000]

@SvrchovaneCechy No, I don't mean the criminal government (Buckingham). They may well take lots of money from the British people but about £11000000 of the money they spend per year is on staff...thats a lot of jobs created by the royal family. Not to mention the tourist attractions like Buckingham Palace which reel in thousands every year and create business for the local area. Furthermore, it costs the average UK resident less than a pound per year to keep the royal family going.

[cobhcmofo313]

@GODBLOWSNUTZ you still have a TV??? duder, its 2011. outside has some awesome shows. (i got rid of all cable and tv, i use it for video games, and proof-watching videos i made)