Manifold Difficulties

Shareholders at British Petroleum have voted against restricting their own rights; presumably because capitalist investors tend to have a more rational view of their self-interest than either the great British public or the corporate serfdom in the Kingdom of the Trumpster. The board of directors, led by the AI-bot-named Albert Manifold, has abandoned the greenwashing commitments of the previous administration led by the unimprovably-monickered Bernard Looney; the board therefore wished to avoid any obligation to give an account of its climate-vandalising activities. With minds doubtless concentrated by the share price roller-coaster resulting from the Persian Crusade, investors expressed annoyance at the board's preference for shutting down debate rather than adapting to reality. It certainly is a good thing that the directors of Royal Britannic Albion Holdings plc would never resort to tactics so crude, immoderate and unsensible.