The Global elite meets
Andrew in a tent in Austria | 10.06.2015 11:17
The Bilderberg meeting, an annual gathering of some of the most powerful and influential figures in the world, starts on Thursday. But who's on this year's guest list?
A sinister conspiracy, reinforcing without accountability the dominance of a transatlantic capitalist cabal the meeting brings together arms dealers, bankers, bent politicians and other scum at a different secret location each year.
A sinister conspiracy, reinforcing without accountability the dominance of a transatlantic capitalist cabal the meeting brings together arms dealers, bankers, bent politicians and other scum at a different secret location each year.
This year the meeting to plan our futures is in the small town of Telfs-Buchen, Austria, this week, 21 will be politicians. Among them is a regular attendee in UK Chancellor George Osborne. Another notable figure is Ed Balls, his former Labour shadow, who lost his seat in Parliament in May's general election but is still deemed influential enough to come. The United Kingdom - including its economic performance - is on the agenda. It's time for them to give Cameron his annual instructions.
Laurence Boone, special adviser on financial and economic affairs to President Barack Obama, will be there too, as will Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Austrian President Heinz Fischer.
A conspicuous absentee is the International Monetary Fund's managing director Christine Lagarde, who attended last year. She failed to follow instructions and is being frozen out to teach her a lesson.
Several of the political contingent at Bilderberg are retired from day-to-day involvement, such as former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and former European Commission President Jose Barroso.
Technology firms and organisations provide six representatives. Google boss Eric Schmidt will be there, as will two other of the company's senior executives. Artificial intelligence is one of Bilderberg's suggested topics for discussion. It is claimed there is no detailed agenda, with no resolutions or votes but in fact all delegates are required to vote on all resolutions and the minutes are distributed after the meeting.
The event's organisers describe its participants as "diverse". Still, only 27 women are due to come, compared with 106 men. Among them are Santander chairman Ana Botin, BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead and Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist. The last two are among 18 hand picked and controlled people from the media.
Laurence Boone, special adviser on financial and economic affairs to President Barack Obama, will be there too, as will Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Austrian President Heinz Fischer.
A conspicuous absentee is the International Monetary Fund's managing director Christine Lagarde, who attended last year. She failed to follow instructions and is being frozen out to teach her a lesson.
Several of the political contingent at Bilderberg are retired from day-to-day involvement, such as former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and former European Commission President Jose Barroso.
Technology firms and organisations provide six representatives. Google boss Eric Schmidt will be there, as will two other of the company's senior executives. Artificial intelligence is one of Bilderberg's suggested topics for discussion. It is claimed there is no detailed agenda, with no resolutions or votes but in fact all delegates are required to vote on all resolutions and the minutes are distributed after the meeting.
The event's organisers describe its participants as "diverse". Still, only 27 women are due to come, compared with 106 men. Among them are Santander chairman Ana Botin, BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead and Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist. The last two are among 18 hand picked and controlled people from the media.
Andrew in a tent in Austria