Secret governments that rule the world.

"Impossible !" you say ? Such stuff only occurs in b-grade spy novels ? Remember James Bond taking on SPECTRE ?

Well, apparently there just might be a group of people who weild enormous political, media and economic clout, that meets regularly to...

• a discussion meeting about the state of the trans-Atlantic alliance and the problems facing Europe and the US.

Well, this is the Bilderberg group.

Here is an interview with Vicount Davignon, the corporate director of the group. Statements from his interview...

• "I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists. I simply think it's people who have influence interested to speak to other people who have influence,"

Political doublespeak for saying, "yes, we do rule the world" ?

Apparently this year's meeting in Germany included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi - among other multi-national corporations, editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners, the crown prince of Belgium and the queen of the Netherlands !