DAILY EXPRESS: BUMBLING SHELL BORDERS ON FARCE
“HAPPY memories of Peter Sellers’ portrayal of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau”
STEPHEN KAHN
CITY EDITOR
13 August 2004
HAPPY memories of Peter Sellers’ portrayal of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau were brought to mind yesterday in Shell’s official response to talk that a merger of its British and Dutch companies is on the cards. This would be a much more radical step than simply to unify the two boards in its ongoing bid to pacify shareholders in the wake of the oil reserves scandal.
“Nothing’s being ruled in or ruled out,” said a spokesman for the troubled oil giant. In a cod French accent it would have been a turn of phrase worthy of the great detective himself.
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