Local MP makes a stand.

The US mid-term elections are only weeks away, yet senior Washington officials have conceeded that Barack Obama's credibility as a leader was under the fiercest pressure last night after he was rounded upon by local MP Jeremy Whitte.

The Conservative member for West Kenilworth and Southam has demanded that the US President refrain from criticisms of BP based upon national identity; 'that's just the sort of thing one would expect from an American' he said, adding that 'it's well known that only fifteen per cent of adults in the United States even own a passport, and so it's hardly surprising that this Johnny is unaware of the effect that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has had upon Britain's 1000 mile shoreline'.

During a keynote speech at the Whitnash and Sydenham Home Guard and Pensioner's Club, Mr Whitte, a long standing non-executive director of British Petroleum, said 'as an erstwhile school chum of the former Chairman, Lord Browne of Maddingley, let me tell you BP is a damn fine company, and its safety record is something of which the whole nation can be proud'.

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Furthermore, 'should there be a careless explosion on an American owned, Korean built, Mexican maintained oil rig, and President Obarmy feels he should be kicking some ass, then this ass should be nearer to home' he said.

In a separate development, local residents appeared puzzled by Mr Whitte's unequivocal support for what he termed 'the beleagured Warwickshire deep water fishing fleet'.

Mr Whitte said that the new government was 'determined to do all it can to keep Warwick's fishing fleet at sea, both for the good of the nation's culture and its economy'.

He added that 'it was in keeping with the proud historical tradition of free enterprise that our seas be systematically stripped of every living organism, and that if history shows us one thing, it's that the Conservative party will never stand in the way of progress'.

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President Obama is 49.