"We will make BP pay for the damage their company has caused"
President Obama ratchets up the rhetoric
"I'm a Brit, I can take it."
BP chief executive Tony Hayward puts on a brave face.
"Our message to BP is as simple as this: If you drill, and you spill, we're going to make you pay the bill."
Senate majority leader Harry Reid coins some Muhammad Ali-style poetry
"Time after time, it appears that BP made decisions that increased the risk of a blow-out to save the company time or expense."
House energy and commerce committee member Henry Waxman points the finger.
"We cannot consign our children to this future...the time to embrace a clean energy future is now."
President Obama calls for a sea change in energy policy
"Each week a quantity of oil equivalent to the total spillage from the Exxon Valdez is escaping into the sea."
UK energy secretary Chris Huhne puts the disaster into perspective.
"A crude, bigoted, xenophobic display of partisan political presidential petulance against a multinational company."
Lord Tebbit alliteratively attacks alleged American anglophobia
