Did you know that there is an entity called Yorkshireurope and that they have an embassy in Brussels?
Avenue de Cortenbergh 118-1000 Brussels to be precise.
Even more curiously they refer to themselves as an "intelligence agency".
They are funded by Yorkshire Forward , who's logo is curiously close to being a swastika.
One wonders, who exactly has voted for any of this?
The head of Yorkshire Forward is this guy, where his biography page declares that "He is currently Chair of Magna Holdings Ltd., a property development and investment company"
hmmm... do a smell a conflict of interest?
He of course completely unelected and yet in charge of EU regional policy in Yorkshire.
Also from his bio:
"He believes that continuous learning is critical to success in a fast-changing world."
Common Purpose?
But I disgress. Yorkshire Forward's accounts are available from here. On page 40 we learn of an body called the "Yorkshire and Humber Assembly" - is that the Yorkshire regional parliament? A parliament that nobody voted for?
We learn on page of the (very glossy and very expensive to produce) report that :
Yorkshire Forward has 431 staff
It's budget in 2006/07 was £354 million
It's work is scrutinised by the Yorkshire Regional Assembly
note how it isn't the House of Commons doing the scrutiny
Total staffing costs for Yorkshire Forward amount to just under £18 million (page 85).
Then on page 97 we get acknowledgement that from 1st October 2007 Yorkshire Forward received "delegated authority" from the DCLG.
Common Purpose appear on page 104, under the register of board members interests
Mr Riordan is the chief executive of Yorkshire Forward. On his bio it's mentioned that he represented "the UK in United Nations negotiations on climate change and endangered species" despite having no qualifications in environmental science. He's got a modern history degree from Oxford.
He has never been elected to any political office.
Getting back to the regional assembly, it's website is over here. On their assembly structures page it's mentioned that they are overseen by a "scrutiny board".
"The Scrutiny Board is made up of full Assembly members and is chaired by the Deputy Chair of the Assembly. If a review requires specialist knowledge there is the facility to co-opt two additional members."
So this regional assembley scrutinises itself. How convienient...
The assembly membership is available over here. Members are not elected - they are "nominated".
And
Wherever possible members make decisions on the basis of consensus. The membership is made up of 60% Local Authorities and 40% Social, Economic and Environmental Partners.
consensus = common purpose?
The assembly will cost £2.89 million to run.
From the regional assembly meeting minutes some curious aspects are mentioned:
2010 appears to be a deadline of sorts. And the mention of "Regional Ministers" is interesting. I wonder who'll they'll be reporting to.
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it seems we already have Regional Ministers
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12189.asp
- I sort of remember that Ministers would fulfil this role (whatever it is) as well as their more conventional role.
It didn't seem to raise any questions in the MSM - what a surprise.
I see it as the proverbial thin end of the wedge - it establishes the position which can be expanded and re-organised at a time in the future.
Have a read of this:
http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=22683
Common Purpose and RDA folk are most def linked. The East of England chap who holds the same position as Mr Hodgkinson (who is mentioned in the article)is named Richard Ellis. He is also on the Advisory group of Norfolk CP.
hey riddler. thanks for that.
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12189.asp
where the hell is the MSM in all this? I've honestly never heard of these regional minister appointments.
and if you read through my blogpost, you'll realise that economic development decisions are being done by a bunch of people who are unaccountable and have never held elected office.
it's undemocratic.. if one of their decisions goes badly wrong, how are they accountable if the electorate has no say?
but of course, the MSM just ignores all this. which isn't odd when you think about it - as many in the MSM , especially the BBC, are Common Purpose as well.
Regional ministers.. As in EU regional zones? Is that possible?
thats what i thought. regional ministers reporting to brussels?
at present, the jobs (such as they are) will report to Gordon, but they are now in position to report (directly or indirectly)to Brussels when the time comes. As it will, barring a miracle or insurrection - and I don't believe in miracles.
Yorkshire Forward has spent around £150 k sending its staff on Common Purpose leadership courses since 2005.
Tom Riordan sits on the Common Purpose Leeds advisory board.
Tom Riordan, along with 4 other Common Purpose advisory board members and CPs chief exec Julia Middleton form sit on the National Centre For Diversity - Yorkshire Forward gave this compnay (both directors are Common Purpose Leeds graduates) £30 k in Feb 2007.
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More intelligence on CP here
This is Dymphna using the Baron's computer...
I'd heard of these regional networks. Very clever.
In addition to the supra-state EU blurring the lines of sovereignty on the macro-level, there are now micro-level erasures of the idea of England as a nation...
...obviously this has been thoght thru very thoroughly.
Wonderful. Must post now.
Common Purpose is a corrupt and evil organisation and must be stopped: http://www.stopcp.com/
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