A US federal court has rejected BP's efforts to halt payments relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Fifth Circuit Court also said an earlier injunction stopping payments to claimants should be lifted. BP had argued that some firms filed fictitious spill claims. However, "the settlement agreement does not require a claimant to submit evidence that the claim arose as a result of the oil spill," wrote the court in its verdict. The firm initially estimated the spill settlement would cost US$7.8bn, but later revised that figure upwards to US$9.2bn once the full scope of the claimants became apparent. BP has said that an adverse ruling could push that figure even higher. It serves those bellends right. BP are responsible for a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and they should be made to suffer the consequences. They deserve what's coming to them for what their recklessness did to marine life, including but not limited to this pelican (pictured). In fact, Big Oil as a whole needs to be put in its place once and for all, and so does David Moyes. Here's why:
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