Norman Lamont

Norman Lamont   (politician, deep politician)
Born	Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont 1942-05-08 Shetland, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Children	Hilaire Sophie
Spouse	Rosemary White
Member of	Benador Associates, Bruges Group, Le Cercle, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
Party	Conservative
Long time Chairman of Le Cercle, financier, politician and deep politician, involved in arms and financial deals.  Chairman of Le Cercle In office 1996 - 2008 Preceded by Jonathan Aitken Succeeded by Michael Ancram He quit between 13 October 2008 and 3 April 2013.  Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 28 November 1990 - 27 May 1993 Preceded by John Major Succeeded by Kenneth Clarke Lamont was involved in Black Wednesday, which transferred billions of pounds from UK taxpayers to financial traders (most notably George Soros).  Chief Secretary to the Treasury  In office 24 July 1989 - 28 November 1990 Preceded by John Major Succeeded by David Mellor  Financial Secretary to the Treasury  In office 21 May 1986 - 24 July 1989 Succeeded by Peter Lilley  Minister for Defence Procurement In office 2 September 1985 - 21 May 1986 Succeeded by David Trefgarne The Al-Yamamah weapons deal was signed a few weeks after Lamont got this job.  Minister of State for Defence Procurement In office 2 September 1985 - 21 May 1986  Minister of State for Trade and Industry In office 13 June 1983 - 2 September 1985  Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames In office 4 May 1972 - 1 May 1997 Preceded by John Boyd-Carpenter

Norman Lamont was the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990 to 1993. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lamont of Lerwick, of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands in 1998. He was held key political appointments at crucial times:- he became UK Minister for Defence Procurement just in time to sign the Al-Yamamah arms deal‎ and he was Chancellor of the Exchequer when Black Wednesday transferred around £3B from UK taxpayers to currency traders.

Background

Before entering Parliament he worked for N M Rothschild & Sons, the investment bank, and became director of Rothschild Asset Management.

Le Cercle

According to his former profile at Benador Associates:

Since 1996 Lamont has been Chairman of Le Cercle, a foreign policy Club founded by German Chancellor Adenauer after the War with members from over twenty-five countries. This group, which meets bi-annually in Washington DC, includes many senior intelligence experts and has a particular interest in the War against Terrorism.

His involvement with Le Cercle is covered in detail by The Institute for the Study of Globalisation and Covert Politics in a comprehensive study: Le Cercle and the struggle for the European continent which it subtitles a "Private bridge between Vatican-Paneuropean and Anglo-American intelligence". The study includes membership list back to its original foundation and names as "important members" Lord Julian Amery, his protege Jonathan Aitken and Lord Norman Lamont (all three members of the Privy Council).

The Evening Standard reported in 2003 that Lamont was attending a Le Cercle gathering in Salzburg.

Al Yamanah weapons deal

Lamont was made Minister for Defence Procurement under Margaret Thatcher just before the signing of the first tranche of the Al-Yamamah arms deal‎ disbursed millions of pounds of commissions to various parties.

Black Wednesday

On 16 September 1992, a.k.a. 'Black Wednesday', Lamont as Chancellor of the Exchequer sold around £27 billion of sterling reserves before leaving the Exchange Rate Mechanism. The resultant loss to the UK Treasury was estimated at around £3.3 billion This is generally understood as an accidental loss, one in which politicians learned humility in the face of the "free market" forces they had regulated into existence. The fact remains however, that Lamont's decisions caused people he knew personally to make vast profits at the UK tax payers' expense. George Soros in particular, having lead the short selling of sterling for some days before, pocketed over £1 billion profit from the episode. Interestingly, Soros is strongly suspected to be a member of Le Cercle, a deep state group which Lamont later chaired. At a press conference two weeks later, Lamont when asked why he was so cheerful, replied "Well, it is a very beautiful morning, but it is funny you should say that. My wife said she heard me singing in the bath this morning."

Euro Double think

It is interesting that while chairing the strongly pro-European Le Cercle, Lamont was co-chair of the anti-European Bruges Group.

Other Affiliations

• Bilderberg Attended, 1995
• Le Cercle Chairman as of 13 October 2008 but not as of April 2013.
• Bow Group Chairman 1971-72
• British Iranian Chamber of Commerce Chairman
• British Romanian Chamber of Commerce President
• Iran Heritage Foundation Member, Advisory Board
• Consensus Business Group (formerly Rotch Property) Consultant
• MerchantBridge & Co (investment company) Member, Advisory Board,
• Hermitage Global Fund Member, Advisory Board

Directorships

• Small Companies Dividend Trust Chairman
• Jupiter Adria plc chairman
• Balli Group plc (steel and commodity trading house) Director
• Compagnie Internationale de Participations Bancaires et Financieres (Investment Company) Director
• Jupiter Second Split Trust plc Director
• RAB Capital plc Director
• Phorm Inc (personalisation technologies) Director
• Stanhope Gate Developments Director

External Resources

• TheyWorkForYou, Mr Norman Lamont - Former MP for Kingston upon Thames

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1995	8 June 1995	11 June 1995	Greece Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel Vouliagmeni	The 43rd Bilderberg. Held at the Burgenstock Hotel in Burgenstock, Switzerland.
Black Wednesday	16 September 1992	16 September 1992		The swift transfer of over 3 billion pounds to financial speculators from UK taxpayers.
Le Cercle/2004 (Belgrade)	17 June 2004	19 June 2004	Serbia Belgrade Royal Palace	"A dinner held in Belgrade on 18 June 2004, "in honor of the “Le Cercle” conference taking place in Belgrade from 17th to 19th June."
Le Cercle/2005 (Paris)	16 June 2005	19 June 2005	France Paris	Exposed 2 days later by the Saudi Embassy in London
Le Cercle/2019 (Bahrain)	26 June 2019	29 June 2019	Bahrain

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