Rich and Powerful Elites Throw Party Bash for BP CEO Tony Haywardwww.SeizeBP.org June 11, 2010
It can’t get much more disgusting than this. At the moment that tens of thousands of people are seeing their jobs, livelihoods, small businesses and way of life ruined, when a pristine environment has been destroyed has been shattered, BP’s Tony Hayward flew to London for a big party organized on June 7 at BP’s headquarters by the company’s ultra-rich and powerful supporters.
A party of the British elite to salute Tony Hayward and BP? Can that be for real?
The elites came to have fun and show support for Hayward, who was described as “a man of steel.” It was an interesting and revealing mix of the British and European upper classes. The head of the British Intelligence Agency, MI6 was there. So too was Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao and advertising mogul Sir Martin Sorrell, who made a neat $20 million last year—more than $380,000 each week or $54,000 every day.
Right now, they are rallying to Tony. But, of course, Hayward could be seen as “disposable” if BP, with assets of $152 billion, needs a fall guy to deflect the growing mass anger of people who demanding the seizure of BP’s assets to pay for damages and compensation. They could give Tony a multi-million dollar severance/bonus for “his good work” and bring in a new face to front for the criminal enterprise and try to shield it from fully paying for the human and environmental damage caused by their lies, greed and reckless disregard for safety.
