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June 5, 2013
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Do you Bilderberg? Or rather, do you know Bilderberg? Nope? Well given the dark cloak of secrecy shrouding the shadowy annual conflab don\u2019t feel bad for not getting the memo. For the uninitiated, each year the world\u2019s elite bankers, royalty, parliamentarians and CEOs self-imprison themselves in some of the most luxurious hotels in the world for a weekend of, well, who knows\u2026?<\/p>\n
Now whilst they\u2019d have us believe Bilderberg is just a jolly holiday<\/a> constituting a few golf rounds, some hardcore breeze-shooting and most certainly hotel suite one-upmanship, the water-tight security, zero accountability and nebulous agenda could suggest it\u2019s a shade more serious than that. Indeed, local residents nearby the Grove will be forced into flashing their passports<\/a> to police simply to access their homes. That\u2019s some pretty sticky red tape for an apparently, \u201csmall, flexible, informal and off-the-record international forum.\u201d A consortium so clandestine it makes Freemasonry look like Watford Lions Club.<\/p>\n So which technocrats can we expect at the mega-summit in 2013? Only one thing\u2019s assured: hardened Bilderberg veterans with a side order of young whipper-snappers. Each year the old guard (Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, Queen Beatrix of Holland) woo iThe Huffington Postncreasingly more young blood into the warmth of the Bilderbosom. Recent years saw the appearance of Google chairman, Eric Schmidt, PayPal\u2019s Peter Thiel, LinkedIn\u2019s Reid Hoffman and Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes at the Bilderparty.<\/p>\n Reading like a who\u2019s-who of international capitalism, the 150 strong delegate list<\/a> is always revealed pre-conference for our delectation. Representing Team GB in 2013 is George Osbourne, Ed Balls, Peter Mandelson, Ken Clarke, Barclays chairman, Marcus Agius, BP CEO, Robert Dudley and John Micklethwait, editor of the Economist<\/em>. Mandelson is a regular and and Clarke is on the steering committee.<\/p>\n It was revealed last week who will be footing the mammoth security bill for this off-the-record meeting. Why it\u2019s us of course! <\/a>Oh the irony of the uber-elite scratching around in the Great Unwashed\u2019s public purse to secure their weekend sojourn. An uber-elite whose combined wealth hasn\u2019t been witnessed in Watford since Elton John threw the last Watford FC Christmas bash. Probably.<\/p>\n As people have awakened to the hush-hush conference\u2019s existence, thousands of concerned citizens and activists will be flying in from all corners of the world to peacefully express their concern at Bilderberg this Thursday. The meeting\u2019s unaccountability only serves to fuel speculation that (contrary to the \u2018innocent meeting\u2019 spin) Bilderberg is potentially used to steer geo-political policy. It is this fundamental gripe which underpins the pro-transparency protestors\u2019 ire.<\/p>\n For the first time ever, 2013 welcomes the Bilderberg Fringe, an event within the grounds of the Grove which will showcase international speakers, acoustic music and spoken word. The application for a license to hold a larger festival at Cassiobury Park was rejected by local authorities. The Fringe will also play host to the first ever press area at Bilderberg.<\/p>\n What implications does Bilderberg have for global governance? We will likely never know for sure. This weekend, however, promises to be a frenzy of activity with activists, media and photographers clamouring to play Spot The Delegate as they zip by in a cavalcade of armoured vehicles.<\/p>\n If you want live Twitter updates from the Bilderberg circus and beyond follow me @EllenGraceJones<\/a> as well as @Bilderberg_2013<\/a>. For more information.<\/p>\n Ellen Grace Jones\u2019 post first appeared at The Huffington Post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 3:00 pm<\/p>\n Tags: bilderberg<\/a>, foreign affairs<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/static.infowars.com\/2013\/06\/i\/general\/conspiring.jpg\")
This year \u2014 this Thursday in fact<\/a> \u2014 the Bilderberg Group is descending upon a small corner of Watford and will be holing themselves up at the plush Grove<\/a> hotel. Not letting the fact my invitation was clearly lost in the post get me down, I will be blogging each day from the site to deliver gossip fresh from the Grove gates.<\/p>\n
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