How long would it take for UK to order a US company off its shores if it had done what BP did?

[NNN0LHI]

[stray cat]

1. Please post the basis for your opinion as well

[FreakinDJ]

2. Total Bankruptcy takes a little time

[tritsofme]

3. Do I think the UK would nationalize a large American oil company's UK operations?

That's what you are basically asking, right?

No I don't think they would.

[Mika]

4. If they didn't the Brits would be in the streets setting McDs on fire! n/t

[treestar]

5. I would think more than a month

The UK suffers the US quite well. Joins us in our endeavors, no matter how bad, Iraq, etc. And vice versa. We're family.

[backscatter712]

6. More than a month. The UK government is as bad as ours.

Don't think that the US has cornered the monopoly on corporatism or regulatory capture...

[damntexdem]

7. Never -- they're beholden to big oil, too.

And they won't do anything to discourage oil platforms.

[HipChick]

9. +100...just look at the North Sea

[blindpig]

8. A skinny minute

Expropriate the bastards.