What, exactly, is going on?

Do you ever read about governmental decisions and policies that seem to jar with your view of the world? Policies on things like immigration or energy that seem to have no relation to the needs of the country or the wishes of the electorate? I have to admit that I sometimes look at decisions that have been taken supposedly in my name, and wonder what the fuck is going on.

It sometimes feels as if I am completely out of touch with what's going on and that I have missed some really important, fundamental decision that is now shaping our world. And because I have been programmed from a young age to trust our politicians to do the right thing for our country, I often shake my head, sigh and think that it must be me who's out of touch and that there must be some method in the madness that I perceive. It cannot really be as damaging as I perceive it because we have these clever, trustworthy, responsible people that we voted for at the helm. Don't we?

But I do still have that nagging doubt. That feeling that there is some secretive and frankly sinister power at work here. It conjures up a vision of some sort of Bond villain stroking a white cat; someone who is in control of our lives for their own ends rather than our benefit. Someone or thing that seems to be pursuing an agenda that we haven't been told about but that will, nonetheless, change our lives taking the form of much greater control over us 'pawns' instead of being run for our benefit and values.

That's quite a scary thought, I think you'll agree? It sometimes feels to me, that we're sleepwalking into an unknown future over which we have no control.

Anyway, it's called ICLIE.

And it's real.

Founded in 1990, the ‘International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, ICLEI became ‘ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability’ in 2003 when it gained a broader mandate to address sustainability issues on a global scale. And by 'sustainability' it doesn't just mean green or 'renewable' energy or furthering the environmental agenda, but in terms of wealth redistribution, moving people into cities, encouraging immigration. Effectively it is a key part of the creation of a single word government under the auspices of the UN and its Agenda 21initiative. 

It is anti property, against local accountability of politicians and decision-making, it seeks to establish a single global organisation that controls all key aspects of our lives from food production to planning and development, land usage and personal access to open spaces (even your own garden), employment, housing provision, property and ownership of assets and wealth.

Karl Marx and his mate Vladimir Ilyitch Ulyanov would blush at the scope of its ambition. And then they would grin like Cheshire cats because it is essentially a Marxist, Communist doctrine, only turbo charged.

'Yeah yeah', I hear you say. Another conspiracy theory. 

But the thing is, this organisation is represented within 1,200 cities around the globe. Its policies are being enacted in these places, invariably without the knowledge of local citizens. 

So it's a foreign problem then; why should we give a shit?

As Sven Goran Erikson might say: 'Well'. The reason why we should give a shit is that the UK is the 6th largest funder of ICLIE in the world; the European Union is 4th (so we pay twice) and the following UK City Councils are ICLIE members who pay annual dues thereby signing up to operate within the ICLIE principles of sustainability in all its forms:

• Birmingham City Council
• Bristol City Council
• City of Glasgow
• Craigavon Borough Council
• Greater London Authority
• Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leicester City Council
• Newcastle City Council
• Royal Haskoning (Associate Member)
• Woking Borough Council

 I follow this stuff quite closely, particularly in relation to the AGW (man-made climate change) scam, but I'd never heard of ICLIE until this week. Yet it's here and it's real. Every US president since 1992 has signed up to ICLIE following the Rio protocol of that year. But this is no longer simply a climate change issue; this is now about Agenda 21 and the creation of a single world government, run on Marxist lines. A number of US cities and states, whose citizens have found out about this bollocks, have kicked ICLIE out of their local government system. But in the UK it's secretive, sinister growth and spreadig influence continues.

So it's not a guy with a white cat, but it is real, sinister, undemocratic and we're paying for it. Still unsure? Ask yourself this: If this is a good thing, why don't we all know about it? Why haven't we been consulted, informed, involved in it? Why is this all going on out of sight and behind closed doors?

Sleep well (if you're not already).

You can find more here, here, here  and here if you're interested.

Thanks for reading.