Grove primed for world summit
8:53am Friday 4th April 2008
Comments (14)Helicopters will be hovering over a Watford hotel while armed police patrol the grounds today as a who's who of the most powerful politicians on the planet convene in the town for a two-day world summit.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will host 15 of the world's leaders at the progressive governance conference, to be held at The Grove.
Among the illustrious guests attending the summit are Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, South African President, Thabo Mbeki and Chilean premier Michelle Bachelet.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark and the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf are also attending the conference on globalisation.
Other guests are expected to include the head of the IMF, director of the World Trade Organisation and the head of the United Nations Development Programme.
Both The Grove and Policy Network, the international think-tank organising today's conference, have kept details of the summit under wraps until the last minute.
However, members of the resort's health spa, Sequoia, have been warned in advance that they may have their handbags or gym bags searched before they enter the hotel.
They have also been told they cannot bring a guest into the spa today or tomorrow.
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Jimbobfury, Watford says...
9:43am Fri 4 Apr 08
Would have loved to see him throwing shapes in Area tonight!
Jimbobfury, Watford says...
2:05pm Fri 4 Apr 08
captainsensible, watford says...
3:00pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Tory Boy, Riverside Drive says...
3:54pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Jimbobfury wrote:I heard that he doesn't like the old ones like Mrs Mugabe
Well my guess is that Bill Clinton will be waving his chopper at our Mayor Dotty, and aking if she would like to have a puff on his cigar!
Mrs B, watford says...
11:30pm Fri 4 Apr 08
VoR, Watford says...
11:55pm Fri 4 Apr 08
Hempstead Road Watford not Chandlers Cross Rickmansworth!!!
Mrs B, watford says...
12:01pm Sat 5 Apr 08
THE GROVE | LONDON'S COUNTRY ESTATE
Chandler's Cross, Hertfordshire, WD3 4TG
The Grove is part of Three Rivers
Igloo, Watford says...
5:43pm Sat 5 Apr 08
Sara, says...
11:14pm Sat 5 Apr 08
alloageorge, watford says...
1:37pm Sun 6 Apr 08
alloageorge, watford says...
2:16pm Sun 6 Apr 08
Roy Stockdill wrote:A historian that has never heard of Thabo Mbeki.I'm impressed.
>Among the illustrious guests attending the summit are Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, South African President, Thabo Mbeki and Chilean premier Michelle Bachelet. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark and the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf are also attending the conference on globalisation.<
Illustrious??? Am I alone in never having heard of any of them? I doubt they should be worried about being blown up by terrorists in Watford. They're not important enough.
Roy Stockdill, says...
12:36am Mon 7 Apr 08
alloageorge wrote:You miss the point. We historians are not remotely interested in current world leaders (or so-called leaders). They only become interesting when they become...well...part of history!
Roy Stockdill wrote: >Among the illustrious guests attending the summit are Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, South African President, Thabo Mbeki and Chilean premier Michelle Bachelet. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark and the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf are also attending the conference on globalisation.< Illustrious??? Am I alone in never having heard of any of them? I doubt they should be worried about being blown up by terrorists in Watford. They're not important enough.A historian that has never heard of Thabo Mbeki.I'm impressed.
skint, South Oxhey says...
1:40pm Mon 7 Apr 08
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Roy Stockdill, says...
9:03am Fri 4 Apr 08
Illustrious??? Am I alone in never having heard of any of them? I doubt they should be worried about being blown up by terrorists in Watford. They're not important enough.