What an afternoon it has been for conspiracy lovers. First the Speaker summoned Ken Clarke to the Commons to answer an urgent question from arch theorist Michael Meacher about the Bilderberg meeting, and then MPs took it in turns to ask William Hague whether the Prism allegations meant they were under surveillance from the state. It was quite difficult to distinguish between the two, given we learnt little from either.
First, Bilderberg. MPs arrived hoping that the scales would fall from their eyes as the minister revealed the great secrets of this high-powered conference.
‘The people who attend change slightly each year,’ explained Clarke, presumably referring to their metamorphosis into lizards upon arrival in Watford. He added: ‘All of the people who attend, attend as individuals.’ He could have added ‘and they leave as lizards’, but sadly, he didn’t.
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