FINANCIAL DICTATOR CALLED U-K N.E.C.

13 October 2008 

 FINANCIAL DICTATOR CALLED U-K N.E.C. 

America’s disease of delegating the control of real governing to corporate
interests has been contracted by the United Kingdom, completely bypassing
democratic processes and controls. Using the financial meltdown as an excuse
for lack of any public or Parliamentary debate, the Cabinet has installed a
super powerful commission – the National Economic Commission – to bail out
(like in America) the very banking network responsible through excessive,
greedy credit and debt creation, for the meltdown, as the very Directors of
this financial dictatorship. 

The frank way that PM Brown announced this abrogation of sovereignty to a
group loaded with bankers and financial speculators is so ominous as to be
breathtaking. Some extracts from a published report on the composition and
installation of the N.E.C. leave no doubt of how the smart financial
manipulators are using taxpayer funds to cover their losses, and give them
virtual dictatorial control of the U.K. Government henceforth….. Is this
what World War 2 was fought for? 

(We Quote) “It is precisely because the measures are so antithetical to any
notion of democratic accountability and societal interests that there was no
public consultation on the government’s plan, which was drawn up behind
closed doors and then unveiled at 7 a.m. last Wednesday morning-without any
discussion in Parliament-in time for the opening of the stock market. Brown
has made clear that such methods are to be the norm. Just as the “war on
terror” was used to abrogate basic democratic rights, so the
financial crisis is being used to consolidate the de facto dictatorship of
the banks and the City of London over all aspects of economic life. 

Brown told a press conference, “Quite simply, the new era that we have
entered requires new ways of governing. We don’t just need to change
policies to deal with the new financial difficulties but the way we take
decisions, the way we govern, has got to change as well…. This is a new
way of governing that is based on the uniqueness of the circumstances.” 

The selection of the personnel involved in the NEC substantiates this point. 

Shriti Vadera, described as a key Brown ally, was formerly employed at the
investment bank UBS, where she reportedly worked in the banking, project
finance, sovereign advisory and privatisation teams. She has advised the
Labour government on its public-private partnership schemes through which
public services have been hived off to private industry. Vadera’s
participation in the late night talks with Darling underscores the central
role played by Switzerland’s largest bank in the recapitalisation scheme and
in the Labour Government more generally. 

According to the Deal Journal, UBS high-flyers Robin Budenberg and David
Soanes were part of the team headed by David Mayhew, chief executive of
JPMorgan Cazenove (formed from JPMorgan Chase of the US and the UK
investment bank Cazenove Group), which advised on the plan. Budenberg has
reportedly “managed UBS’ relationship with the UK Treasury for several
years,” while Soanes is head of global capital markets for Europe. 

Earlier this year, UBS announced some 5,000 job cuts and in August it posted
a $42 billion write-down due to the sub-prime crisis, at that point the
largest of any European bank. 

In August, the International Herald Tribune reported that UBS’s financial
position was not helped by the fact that it “is facing a major US government
investigation into allegations that it helped wealthy clients evade US
taxes. And last week the bank agreed with the attorney general’s office of
New York to buy back $18.6 billion of auction-rate securities from
individuals and pay a $150 million fine to settle accusations that it had
misrepresented the securities as being as safe as cash when selling them to
investors.” 

On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that a $6.5
million settlement had been reached with UBS top executive David Aufhauser
regarding insider trading of auction rate securities. JPMorgan Cazenove is
one of the UK’s leading providers of debt for its capital markets and acts
as corporate broker to 35 FTSE 100 listed companies and 81 of the FTSE 250
index of midrange firms. 

Brown told a press conference, “Quite simply, the new era that we have
entered requires new ways of governing. We don’t just need to change
policies to deal with the new financial difficulties but the way we take
decisions, the way we govern, has got to change as well…. This is a new
way of governing that is based on the uniqueness of the circumstances.” The
selection of the personnel involved in the NEC substantiates this point. 

Budenberg has reportedly “managed UBS’ relationship with the UK Treasury for
several years,” while Soanes is head of global capital markets for Europe.
Earlier this year, UBS announced some 5,000 job cuts and in August it posted
a $42 billion write-down due to the sub-prime crisis, at that point the
largest of any European bank. 

On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that a $6.5
million settlement had been reached with UBS top executive David Aufhauser
regarding insider trading of auction rate securities. JPMorgan Cazenove is
one of the UK’s leading providers of debt for its capital markets and acts
as corporate broker to 35 FTSE 100 listed companies and 81 of the FTSE 250
index of midrange firms. 

OUR COMMENTS: If we told you that this was happening, you would have
difficulty in believing us, but here we pass on to you from official
reports, including ver batim statements from a Labour Prime Minister, the
essence of what is happening before the very eyes of the world. And whether
it is so incredible as to be unbelievable, or John Citizen is too frightened
to stand up and protest we do not know, but so far we have not heard a
whimper of protest from any where. May be tomorrow ??? 

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