It is the shadowy gathering of the global elite which has been described as 'the world's secret Government' – and this year Wes Streeting joined for the first time.
The Health Secretary's appearance at the Bilderberg Meeting in Sweden, sipping champagne in the company of billionaires, bankers and power brokers, is likely to spark fresh speculation about his ambitions to succeed Sir Keir Starmer.
Both his political mentors Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson have attended the event.
The group, which has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories since it first met in 1954, was established to foster dialogue between Europe and North America and prevent another world war.
However, it is now defined as 'bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe' – not something that is likely to endear Mr Streeting, who is tipped by some as a future Labour leader, to the Left of his party.
