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Common Purpose
- A brief outline
Introduction
The following short
brief is compiled from personal testimonies and experiences, and professional
observation of Common Purpose (CP), examination of written material, experience
of participants of the CP programme(s), informal interviews with CP staff,
together with extensive research over a period of 3 years. This work has
produced threats to persons and their business interests, as well as bringing
others within the public and private sector to the fore, who have been
frightened/disturbed in some way by knowledge of, contact or participation
with CP.
Overview
CP claims to have
originated in USA and was brought to UK by Julia Middleton, but research
is now indicating a birth in Oxford University. CP now operates in many
European countries but appears very active in UK. It purports to run 'leadership
programmes' for all members of society, from school children to those
at local community, regional, or UK national level. Themes purport to
help decision making, diversity, the networking of leaders, more effective
solution to common problems, drive changes to society over next 20 years,
understanding UK and EU government, understanding European and Global
strategies etc. Courses and the CP programme operate under the Chatham
House Rule of the Council on Foreign Relations, which encourages participants
to use information revealed by others who remain unidentified. CP 'graduates'
do not declare their status and remain hidden from public view. Networking
of CP 'graduates' for personal/organisational benefit is encouraged. Courses
are charged at a minimum of £3,800 plus VAT. Courses begin with
2 day residential course with group activities and selected 'guest speakers'.
Further training days ensue. People must be invited to join CP by an 'advisory
board'. The website www.commonpurpose.org.uk appears innocuous but has
recently been considerably changed in style and format.
Example
Participation / 'Graduate' (Membership)
CP declares circa
80,000 people participating in UK since 1989. These come from all areas
of society. The following (few) names and positions are taken from the
Westcountry and are considered reliably indicative of membership in other
cities and across UK. Chair Devon & Cornwall Strategic Health Authority,
Commodore HM Naval Base Plymouth, Senior Officer SWERDA, Senior officer
GOSW, Service Manager Portsmouth Healthcare Trust, Project Manager Devonport
Management Ltd, Chief Constable Devon & Cornwall Police, Chief Executive
South West Peninsular Strategic Health Authority, Lib Dem, Conservative
and Labour Cllrs Plymouth City Council, Deputy Vice Chancellor University
of Plymouth, Deputy Brigade Commander Royal Marines, Head of Finance BAe
systems, Editor Western Morning News and Plymouth Evening Herald, Advice
Services Co-ordinator Sure Start, Partner Bond Pearce, Headteacher Parkside
Community College, Centre Director Relate, Labour MP, Carlton Controller
of Business Affairs Broadcasting, Chairman Board Visitors Channings Wood
Prison, Mrs X Learning & Skills Council, Mrs Y Plymouth Chamber of
Commerce, Senior Officers Plymouth City Council, plus numerous schoolchildren
from 13 years at various schools.
True Aims and Objectives
To recruit key decision
makers and existing leaders within UK society and by 'cult programming'
to instil in them a strong pro-European socialist mental agenda, including
the replacement of existing democracy with a non party alternative, based
on chosen CP 'Leaders' and CP partnership working under centralised control.
Selected CP 'graduate leaders' will work to promote this new agenda below
the surface of the existing democratic system, and will strive to recruit
further members within an expanding cell network. Non CP promoted objectives
in the host organisation and nation to be blocked, slowed, destroyed or
suffer obfuscation.
Observed characteristics
of CP to June 2000
·
CP adopts a quasi-secret approach which mimics Freemasonary. CP graduates
do not freely declare themselves as such in either the public or private
sector.
· Recruits by preference professional men and women in key positions/jobs
of authority/funds.
· Recruits Youth from 13 years in schools.
· Residential training (2 days) takes place in a 'controlled' environment
hotel or similar location with accommodation.
· Participants are encouraged to reveal significant personal information
as to their personal strengths, weaknesses, successes, failures and goals
in writing to CP staff and verbally to others in the training group.
· People who complete the course appear to believe in a 'new common
purpose and approach' to society'. Some enthuse how they have discovered
something wonderful or life changing.
· Key / selected graduates are used to further recruitment within
their organisations (similar to pyramid selling).
· Public sector expenditure on CP is not openly and freely declared.
· Unusual language used in CP documentation and observed behind
public website e.g. how to recognise your controller, how to control your
host city, plus texts of a highly socialist (even national socialist)
nature, changing values, and thought processes.
· Unusual language used by CP graduates e.g. "I am ready to
take my place in society", "you are only little men" (used
to those who do not agree with CP visions for society). Also triggering
phrases e.g. lets 'just do it'.
· CP graduates who challenge the course/later challenge CP bosses
and colleagues / do not get on with CP, appear to be bullied within their
organisations and /or lose their jobs. Some evidence of sexual bullying
of women.
· Some evidence of fear of CP by staff and 'graduates'. Some women
in particular appear frightened, depressed, paranoid following contact
with CP. Similarly school girls. Some tenuous evidence of occult influences
/ practices in schoolchildren.
· Mental decline of CP individuals noted by spouses - individual
becomes withdrawn, unable to cope with work, only mixes with CP people,
no laughter or enthusiasm. Perhaps robotic in manner.
· CP staff report strict vertical reporting and control within
the organisation. Heavy pressure to perform. Co-operation sideways to
other CP groups/areas not tolerated. All staff training done in London
HQ.
· CP 'graduates' seem to produce documentation in their work towards
a future vision or goal. Characteristics are: proliferation of a future
Vision (with key dates 2010,2012,2020), obsession with partnerships and
partnerships of partnerships, use of key words e.g. leaders, creative,
creative experimental, well being, mental health, common purpose, matrix,
vision, creating paths, dialectic, collective, co-operative, change, revolution,
new world, engaging with diversity, one world, magical, mystical for example.
· Individuals appear nervous if challenged as to involvement with
CP. Some are prepared to lie as to their involvement, including to longstanding
personal friends.
· Most of the general public of professional or lay person status
are unaware of the existence or role of CP, particularly within the public
sector.
· Many CP 'graduates' control or are influential regarding finances,
money or grants.
· CP control structure appears linked to ODPM via a web of 'socialist'
organisations and foundations.
· ODPM has so far refused to acknowledge their connections with
CP, although can be proven.
· Public bodies are reluctant to reveal the identity of CP 'graduates'
or the total amount of public funds spent on courses.
· Meetings rigidly controlled by CP Chairmen. Those expressing
dissenting views are pressurised, bullied or intimidated at the meeting.
· CP circumstantial complicity with fraud and corruption in public
and private sector.
· Those questioning role of CP are ignored, dismissed, 'palmed
off', discredited and /or threatened.
Description of those
targeted
People come from
all sectors i.e. public and private - health, police, education, city
councils, county councils, district etc, quangos GOSW, RDA, Business Links
etc, and the proliferation of quasi quango charities. There is a bias
to the upper echelons and clearly this is the targeting and selection
of the 'future leaders'. CP is targeting those with knowledge, power and
influence plus control of money.
In general ordinary
people from the ordinary general public and deprived neighbourhoods seem
to be very much in the minority. Apart from anything else how can they
afford £3,950 plus VAT? Those 'professionals' working in all the
mini quangos purporting to be helping communities seem to be particularly
targeted. We are told that CP recruits from ethnic minorities but have
no evidence as yet. An informed individual reported that some coloured
people who do Commonpurpose seem to end up less dynamic than when they
start.
CP is clearly making
a major effort to target schools,
school heads and the teenage children
We are also aware
that some 'strange creative' courses for primary school children are being
held in cities such as Plymouth. We have not yet got a CP connection but
strongly suspect it.
During investigations
into Common Purpose the following documents were seen behind the original
website but have now been made inaccessible:
a. Policy documents
'Controlling Your Host City'. The document deals with social engineering
and community control through CP links in the Executive structure of a
city.
b. Education policy documents on selecting Future Leaders from children
at 12 -14 years via CP 'graduates' placed in responsible positions such
as Head Teachers and the application of further grooming.
c. Access to CP lists of graduates/members is now denied to public access.
d. Vast number of courses & meetings/schedules and attendees removed
from the site.
e. Links to other hidden sites removed.
f. CP site itself changed from 'To create the Future Leaders' to a more
sanitised version.
Common Purpose plans
to control Future Society
The CP site and its
associated site spoke of the future leaders controlling society - not
elected democratically - but created by their (CP) design.
Ordinary people to
be suggestively coerced/engineered into 'correct society' - created leaders
to effect this change and control by working together across lines/parties
/ bodies (quangos) with other CP members associates.
All bodies of responsibility
and influence 'should' be involved with CP who will create / appoint their
leadership.
CP member loyalties
directed to CP solely. CP principles precedent to other (organisational
/ personal) interests in the (new) interest of creating the better CP
society.
Failure to declare
graduate status or amounts of public money spent
The Freedom of Information
Act is usually needed to force the public sector to decaler expenditure
on Common Purpose. Even then some organisations lie, distort the figures,
or fail to answer. Why? - if this is such an innocent and wonderful educational
charity. Despite being in business in the city for 10 years I was not
aware of CP until 2 years ago. Then I find it everywhere but no open declaration
or discussion of its existence. When I asked people verbally for information
on expenditure my questions were brushed off. We have started to write
and ask, and have now got some financial information. The figures (which
are incomplete) clearly show massive expenditure by the public sector.
Some £100,000 by Plymouth City Council, £60,000 Government
Office of the South West, £80,000 Office of the Deputy prime Minister,
£57,000 Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, £30,000 South West
of England Regional Development Agency, £36,000 Ministry of Defence
Logistics. These figures are the tip of the iceberg locally and certainly
nationally. Simply multiply 18,500 odd Common Purpose graduates by £4,500
per course from the public sector. Total circa £83m. Huge amounts
are being spent whilst schools, hospitals and social care facilities close.
Bullying
and illness amongst those connected with Common Purpose
Many people have
given personal information on Common Purpose. One lady describes her experiences
of CP, and a number of individuals connected with CP in a public authority,
where when she challenged the CP 'authority' she experienced bullying
/ sexual harassment. She was very frightened and is still very reluctant
to talk to others. Another lady worked for CP but left due to the high
pressure and stress. Although very nervous she spoke about the pressure
on employees and also warned that others had warned her that CP was a
'dangerous organisation'. A senior Common Purpose C of E Bishop is now
ill with a nervous breakdown.
Members of Local
Regeneration area Communities have told of heavy handed / bullying responses
to complaints regarding misappropriation of public money. Individuals
connected with the oppressive approach are CP. One gentleman is effectively
threatened by his local vicar at his home for writing a letter of complaint
to the local NDC Regeneration office. The vicar also says 'of course you
have already had a visit by the police'. In fact the man hadn't had a
visit by the police but they called the next evening. The police and the
Vicar are CP connected. A lady in a New Deal for Communities regeneration
area produces a calendar showing pictures of the lack of action by the
regeneration company in the area. She is hounded by senior CP colleages
at work. She is made ill. Other local people describe an almost 'Nazi'
bullying approach, and lies from CP people within the public sector.
Individuals have
been 'removed' from Chamber of Commerce Councils (Board) after starting
to point out funding and project irregularities within their City and
area. Work colleagues of the complainant are pestered with pressure calls
attempting to undermine the credibility of the person complaining. The
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce is CP and so are the majority of his
colleagues. Some apparently implicated in largescale misuse of public
funds are CP. The complainant is eventually forced to leave his company.
A professional person
of standing receives visits from acquaintances not seen for years. They
warn him off from a Community Project. One talks of horses' heads on pillows.
Bricks are thrown through a neighbours window. There is an arson attempt.
The strange visitors are members of Common Purpose.
A senior professional person in the public sector pesters the wife of
a friend of 21 years at her work (enquiring if her husband, who has been
asking questions of CP, is perhaps unwell or mentally unwell). The professional
person is connected to CP and 'lectures' CP graduates yet he lies as to
his involvement to friends and third parties.
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By
Brian Gerrish