Grim
The oil part of Shell is as Dutch as windmills, hookers, clogs and "coffee shops" - the UK bit of the company was mostly transport. The petroleum company started in the Dutch East Indies and the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was formed - that merged with Shell Transport to become Royal Dutch Shell in the 1900s (split 60/40 in favour of the "cloggies").
In my mind they are more Dutch than British - but then again BP and BAES have more non-UK workers than ones from our fair isles.
If we really did go to war for the Global Company benefits then Bliar and the cycloptic jock are even worse than I thought! Thank God that it looks like Cameron is going to veto Brown's bid to lead the IMF - we'd be proper f00cked if that happened.
There might after all be a God
