Charlie Skelton at Bilderberg 2015 in Austria. Interview with Kevin Phillips, Chair of Avon and Somerset Police Federation: why aren't fraudulent bankers arrested? Rowan Bosworth-Davies and the Blue Arrow trial; Crown Prosecution Service; cuts to Bristol police – 600 less officers; three police officers deny misconduct in Bijan Ebrahimi murder case; Bradford family say police 'complicit in radicalising sisters' – Prevent Strategy. Interview with Charlie Skelton, author of The Guardian BilderBlog covering the Bilderberg Conference, where the richest and most influential people in western world meet in secret: the difference for journalists between G7 in Bavaria, Germany and the Bilderberg conference the weekend after just over the border in Austria; police harassment; press barons attending Bilderberg; new interest in high tech industries – presence of intelligence services; No more Impunity: Guardian's Charlie Skelton & Avon & Somerset Police discuss Bilderberg 2015, plenty of criminals at Bilderberg including banksters; Bilderberg at Watford, UK; Top Italian judge wrote book: The Republic of the Unpunished Massacres Fernando Imposimato explained Bilderberg has been involved in NATO terrorist attacks; NATO heads attend Bilderberg and NATO expansionism; some pressure from alternative media. Just who exactly is going to the Bilderberg meeting? By Justin Parkinson - BBC News Magazine - 10 June 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33067655 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? Critics call it a sinister conspiracy, reinforcing without accountability the dominance of a transatlantic capitalist cabal. Those involved say it's merely an informal way to understand better the way the world works and to share their expertise to improve it. Whatever one's view, an invitation to the four-day Bilderberg meeting is a sign that someone has arrived as a politician, business leader, administrator or opinion-influencer. Of the 133 people due to arrive 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. Laurence Boone, special adviser on financial and economic affairs to President Francois Hollande, will be there too, as will Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Austrian President Heinz Fischer. null A conspicuous absentee is the International Monetary Fund's managing director Christine Lagarde, who attended last year. 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. There is no detailed agenda, with no resolutions or votes. "Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions," Bilderberg says. "As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights." Critics argue its aim is more sinister and there are countless different flavours of conspiracy theory. 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 people from the media. Think tanks and lobbying groups are sending 14 people, the same as the number of academics on Bilderberg's list. The only royal due to take part is Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, whose father Prince Bernhard co-founded the meetings, first held at the Hotel de Bilderberg in Oosterbeek, Netherlands, in 1954. Its stated aim was to "foster dialogue between Europe and North America". The world of finance provides 31 attendees, with industry, mainly heavy, and transport accounting for another 18. Most are not household names, but one of the more colourful figures is Michael O'Leary, chairman of the budget airline Ryanair and known for his outspoken remarks. Unfortunately for him, he won't be able to discuss the goings on at Bilderberg, as proceedings are strictly guarded by the Chatham House Rule - meaning that the journalists and others are "free to use the information received", but neither the identity nor the affiliation of speakers nor of any other participant may be revealed. Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State who first came to a Bilderberg meeting in the 1950s, returns.

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