Bilderberg 2013: LIVE UPDATES

Protesters shout and wave a placard that reads "B'Bergers, we await the minutes of your furtive meeting as a vehicle arrives at the drive to the hotel where it is thought the 61st annual Bilderberg Meetings is taking place in Watford, north of London, on June 6, 2013.(AFP Photo / Justin Tallis)



138 members of the global elite are meeting in Watford, England for the 61st Bilderberg Conference, with protesters from around the globe flocking the town to say ˜no to the rich and wealthy 'deciding the plane`s fate over coffee'.

12:22 GMT: David Cameron will attend the Bilderberg conference on Friday night to take part in a discussion on domestic and global economic issues, the British Prime Minister`s spokesperson said.

“He feels it is an opportunity to discuss economic issues with senior ministers, business people and academics, the spokesperson added. However, he did not disclose whom in particular Cameron was going to meet, only revealing it is a private meeting.



22:12 GMT: Interestingly, serving UK prime ministers had historically not been invited to Bilderberg meetings. Though according to a survey by MSN UK, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown all attended Bilderberg conferences prior to each becoming prime minister. By contrast, the current chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has attended four Bilderberg conferences, in addition to this year

21:05 GMT: Labour MP Michael Meacher told Sky News that the meeting lacks transparency, which directly conflicts with Prime Minister David Cameron recent pledge to his constituents for just that following a series of scandals in his government.

David Cameron said he was going to set up laws for proper regulation of lobbyists, and for transparency. If there is any conference which required transparency, which required democratic accountability it is the Bilderberg conference, because this is really where the top brass of Western finance capitalism meet in order to make their deals, listen to each other, lobby - including government ministers, particularly George Osborne and Kenneth Clark, and as far as I know there will be no statement in the House following it saying what happened, and how it might affect government policy. This is totally in contradiction to the government`s commitment to have greater transparency, says Meacher.

20:14 GMT: Jon Ronson, the author, documentary filmmaker and author who once tried to infiltrate a Bilderberg meeting in Portugal, spoke with Sky News on this year's meeting in Watford.

Obviously there some mythologizing around Bilderberg, because for decades they were very secretive. For a little while they pretended they didn`t exist. But they do exist, and they`re not telling us what theyèr doing in there, says Ronson.

They always meet one time a year, at a five-star hotel with golfing facilities. And yeah, theyer really powerful people. It seems to be run by business, the idea is big business people. So this year its Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and over the years its been Heinz and Smithkline Beecham. They invite up-and-coming politicians along, with the idea that they can offer the up-and-coming politicians wise words. This is what ˜Bilderbergers have told me. And theyâre globalists, and they feel like they want to try and spot the next presidents or prime minister, he adds.

19:04 GMT: Local residents in the town of Watford are forced to change their daily routine due to security measures at the conference.


18:59 GMT: The lounge in the 5-star Grove hotel where the Bilderberg meeting is taking place. The hotel itself is seen behind the trees in the left of the picture.


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18:45 GMT: The Bilderberg 2013 delegates are arriving to the secretive meeting in blacked-out cars. The protestors meet them booing and shouts of Scum, burn in hell!

Protesters shout as a vehicle arrives at the drive to the venue where it is thought the 61st annual Bilderberg Meetings is taking place in Watford, north of London, on June 6, 2013 (AFP Photo / Justin Tallis)

18:25 GMT: People in Bilderberg protest zone find creative ways to show off their dissatisfaction with the actions of the global elite.


18:14 GMT: Max Keiser's co-host, Stacy Herbert, has tweets that they have arrived in Watford.



Image from twitter.com @stacyherbert

17:20 GMT: Every protester, who arrives at the Bilderberg protest zone, undergoes a pat-down by the employees of the G4S company, which provides security for the Conference.


16:02 GMT: Traditionally, thousands of protesters from around the world are flocking to the site of the Bilderberg Conference to say ‘no’ to the rich and wealthy shaping the planet's future. Â

Security has been tightened around the town, with a no-fly zone enacted over the Bilderberg meeting and concrete and wire barriers surrounding the 300-acre premises of the Grove hotel.


15:51 GMT: The Bilderberg Group, long criticized for a lack of transparency, has this time revealed some of the main topics of the upcoming meeting, with cyber warfare, US foreign policy, “developments in the Middle East” and “Africa’s challenges” expected to be on the agenda.

15:40 GMT: RT starts live updates from the 61st Bilderberg meeting, which is taking place at the 5-star Grove hotel in the English city of Watford on June 8-9.

The 138 members of the global elite – politicians, bank bosses, billionaires, chief executives and European royalty – get together annually to discuss the most pressing issues in global politics and economics.