Hundreds of British protesters have gathered outside the Grove Hotel in Watford, where the Bilderberg group of political and business leaders has begun their secretive annual three-day event.\n<\/p>\n
The meeting of royalty, business chiefs, and prime ministers, which took place in Britain for the first time since 1998, started on June 6 and hosted 140 people ranging from British Chancellor George Osborne and head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, to executive chairman of Google Eric Schmidt.\n<\/p>\n
According to reports, this year\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s meeting will discuss topics including growth, US foreign policy, cyber warfare, big data, Africa and the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n
Demonstrators were holding placards while shouting \u00c5\u201cScum!\u201d, \u00c5\u201cMaggots!\u201d and \u00c5\u201cPay your taxes!\u201d at the invitees\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 cars.\n<\/p>\n
Among the protesters was Labour backbencher and former environment minister Michael Meacher, who described the secret conference as \u00c5\u201cutterly anti-democratic\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
He demanded Osborne to reveal plans made in Bilderberg conference, costing the British taxpayer millions of pounds for security.\n<\/p>\n
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