Relax: thanks to Goldman Sachs and other ‘donors’, this year’s conference
will be cost-neutral for Hertfordshire – despite the construction of the Great
Wall of Watford
Charlie Skelton
The Guardian
June 5, 2013
The auditorium grew hushed as a senior Watford borough councillor took to his
feet. The police liaison team looked nervous. They had made their presentation
and laid out their plans for this “unique event”: the anti-terrorism zones, the
identity checks, the restriction on vehicles stopping in the vicinity of this
“important international conference”. But now it was the turn of the people of
Watford to speak.
What would they make of this international three-day policy summit, with its
heavyweight delegate list bulging with billionaire financiers, party leaders and
media moguls, protected by the biggest security operation Watford has ever
seen?
“What this whole thing boils down to,” boomed the councillor, “is this: are
you, or are you not, setting a precedent for vehicles parking on the verge of
the Old Hempstead Road?”
Thus began an hour-long (hour-and-a-half-long?) discussion about whether or
not cars and press vehicles should be allowed to park on a strip of grass
running parallel to the A41, just opposite the Grove hotel. It was like a weird,
dystopian episode of Keeping Up Appearances. Never mind that our ministers are
meeting in secret with the heads of Shell, BP, Google and Amazon – what about
the verge!
There was an audible gasp when, under intense questioning, Chief Inspector
Rhodes was forced to admit, citing a “bylaw”, that the no-parking signs on the
verge were actually fraudulent: no such law existed.. One lady, almost beside
herself, gestured to the audience. “There are media here! This story is going to
get out!” The verge would never be the same again, thanks to Bilderberg.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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