The private, international meetings of politicians would no doubt arouse the suspicions of most ordinary people (although, the way Gordon’s blagged his “inquiry” into the Iraq War, maybe Im wrong). In America such behaviour is technically illegal under the Logan Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act – Maybe someone could inform me of any equivalent British legislation?). And yet, the Bilderberg Conference has occurred annually since 1954 with no real opposition, challenges or inquiry. The Bilderberg Group, for those who don’t know, is an “unofficial, annual, invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of politics, business, and banking.” Sounds like no more than a sad old boys’ club (as many participants have referred to it in the past), until you take note of the individuals attending. If Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Phillipe of Belgium, for example, didn’t display the social prowess of the guestlist then maybe Clinton and Kissinger’s past appearances would. Or maybe the most recently significant attendee, then presidential candidate Barack Obama, would entice a bit of interest. And yet very little media has reported on the conference, all that surrounds the summit is an aura of “conspiracy.” 

I find however, that the most disturbing and relevant guests to this alleged casual soiree of global officials and rulers are those of our own British political system. It won’t surprise most people to know that Blair was there innocently sipping his wine and having a laugh, oddly enough with our man Ken Clarke, back in ’93 (coincidentally the year before he was elected party leader), but the fact that the our recently coronated “Secretary of State” and business secretary, Peter Mandelson as well as Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne have both attended might provoke a little more concern. The man Gordon Brown risked the governing party’s collapse for,  Eddie Balls, was also recently inaugurated into this special person’s Club Med. So my point is, as a result of my incessant paranoia Im sure, I find it a tad concerning that the four most influential positions in regards to the government of Britain’s economy are (or would be, had Gordon succeeded in making Balls chancellor) occupied by members of a conference at which matters of foreign policy and global economics are discussed with foreign, mostly European, equals. And where the public aren’t allowed a shred of insight.

Im sure Bilderberg Barrosso can provide a perfectly legitimate explanation of what goes on there however! He’d probably be more than happy to disclose the fact that at the Bilderberg Conference he recently attended in Athens, May 2009, the Lisbon Treaty apparently arose as a key topic of discussion.

 Just a few thoughts from a paranoid individual!

Charlie Woodward