Doubtless it’s too much to hope that this Prime Minister would be motivated by principle to defend the interests of his country (even though BP is certainly to be criticised). But one might have thought that even he might have noticed by now that Obama has morphed from Jesus to Icarus, and has plunged to earth with wings clogged with oil as the American public registers its fury with the way he has mishandled the crisis. Now that the Mail has blown a gasket and gone for Cameron, he may alter his tone. But at present, Britain’s Prime Minister and Britain’s interests are not on the same page.