I SUSPECT many people are a little tired of President Obama’s rants against ‘British’ Petroleum.

This is having an unfortunate effect not only on company finances but on many pensioners, not only in this country but also in the US. Obviously we have the greatest sympathy for the people of the US but playing to the crowd does not help.

I fear it smacks of hypocrisy. He would do well to bear in mind that appalling tragedy in Bhopal, India, when a US company’s plant suffered a catastrophic explosion killing and maiming tens of thousands of Indian people.

DH BARNARD, Cherwell Avenue, Kidlington