An environmental campaign group’s satirical ‘Oily Fans’ billboards call out the obscene pay of BP’s CEO
If you’ve passed through Tottenham, Lambeth or Edgware over the last few days, you may have seen one of three billboards commissioned by environmental campaign group Global Witness to highlight the unprecedented salaries and bonuses made by oil executives.
The ‘Oily Fans’ billboards featuring a topless Bernard Looney – CEO of BP – comedically replaced adverts for the Only Fans account of Eliza Rose Watson in those locations.
In 2022, as the cost of living crisis deepened, BP’s profits hit the incomprehensible figure of £23 billion and its CEO Bernard Looney raked in £10 million – more than double his 2021 salary and incentive payments.
Global Witness’ Fossil Fuels Campaign Leader said, in a press release –
“BP’s CEO saw his pay packet bulge, whilst the rest of us were plunged into a deep and damaging cost-of-living crisis – that’s something we really aren’t fans of. Although light-hearted in nature, our action today is intended to highlight the very serious issue of an energy system that pays out to polluters and penalises ordinary people.”
“The £10 million Bernard Looney took home last year would take the average UK worker 300 years to earn. This means in a year when parents were sending their kids to school hungry, and pensioners were riding the bus all day to stay warm, Bernard Looney was laughing all the way to the bank.”
.@bp_plc is making record profits while the rest of us struggle with a cost-of-living crisis. That's something we really aren't fans of.
So, meet #OilyFans https://t.co/lxApVXGoOu pic.twitter.com/oXerkJHZUc
— Global Witness (@Global_Witness) July 21, 2023
Twitter (Or X – you know the drill) shared its thoughts.
Hey @bp_plc.
Your CEO Bernard Looney made £10 million last year whilst many people struggled to heat their homes. That's something we really aren't fans of.
Come see BP’s CEO at https://t.co/r41J7R4bij#OilyFanshttps://t.co/BMI7wDuxNc
— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) July 20, 2023
Introducing OilyFans 🔥😁💀 https://t.co/ATboSDZMnu
— Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 (@MrMatthewTodd) July 24, 2023
Fucking hilarious. Please do the gross OF billboard opposite Spitalfields @SECONDHOME_IO next (if it’s not gone already). https://t.co/pSDWpNlTJQ
— Louis Goddard (@ltrgoddard) July 21, 2023
Hey @bp_plc, your CEO Bernard Looney made a whopping £10 million last year while people across the UK have been struggling with this cost of living crisis.
As one of the world’s mega polluters, your profits should be channelled into climate reparations, not bonuses.#OilyFans https://t.co/nY19uG6eHS
— Fossil Free Parliament (@MP_FossilFree) July 21, 2023
She’s an entrepreneur who took a punt at boosting her exposure on local billboards
He’s an #FossilFuels tycoon who trousered £10 million in pay while millions of people struggled with the #CostOfLivingCrisis
One of them is obscene #OilyFans https://t.co/87CYQKjUia
— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) July 20, 2023
How many more #OilyFans are out there? Far too many… #CostOfGreedCrisis https://t.co/fAt0nXvvc5
— Lady Weathergirl 🇪🇺🔶 💙🇺🇦 (@NoraHutson) July 21, 2023
The campaign also got the seal of approval from Eliza Rose Watson, herself.
Now my OF billboards’ runtime has ended, I couldn’t think of anything better to replace them 👏😁 …Might join his oilyfans. https://t.co/DeF88dPWAY
— Eliza Rose (@elizarosewatson) July 21, 2023
If you want to see the billboards in the flesh, these are the locations.
88 Bruce Grove, N17 6UZ (Tottenham)
98 Norwood High Street, SE27 9NH (Lambeth)
249 Deansbrook Road, HA8 9BX (Edgware)
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