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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

And we are not able to act upon it, because this system is reallyprotecting the few people...

And we are not able to act upon it, because this system is really
protecting the few people that are having benefit from it

Full Transcript

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And we are not able to act upon it,
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because this system is really protecting the few people
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that are having benefit from it.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:20
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
And these are, of course, in fact, very few people, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
And these are, of course, in fact, very few people,
And I see in the Panama committee that I'm sitting in, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
And I see in the Panama committee that I'm sitting in,
- [Narrator] The Panama Papers are a collection of leaks - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] The Panama Papers are a collection of leaks
Mossack Fonseca is the fourth-largest offshore law firm. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Mossack Fonseca is the fourth-largest offshore law firm.
The other nine of the 10 largest offshore law firms - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
The other nine of the 10 largest offshore law firms
When countries complained to Britain - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
When countries complained to Britain
- I'd heard time and time again from officials in Berlin - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:19
- I'd heard time and time again from officials in Berli...
- Britain plays this kind of game of pretending - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- Britain plays this kind of game of pretending
At the end of the day, Britain appoints the governor, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
At the end of the day, Britain appoints the governor,
Basically it is controlling these places, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Basically it is controlling these places,
- [Narrator] During his time as economic adviser to Jersey, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- [Narrator] During his time as economic adviser to Jersey,
- As economic adviser, I had a lot of contact - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- As economic adviser, I had a lot of contact
Traditionally, UK governments have tried not - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Traditionally, UK governments have tried not
You kind of go and talk to someone, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
You kind of go and talk to someone,
And they'd say, "We're not actually, particularly keen - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
And they'd say, "We're not actually, particul...
"It might be a good idea if you didn't go down that route." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
"It might be a good idea if you didn't go down tha...
- [Narrator] The British government prefers not - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- [Narrator] The British government prefers not
Instead, it communicates its desires - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
Instead, it communicates its desires
Discussions take place behind closed doors. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Discussions take place behind closed doors.
- The relationship that these places have - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
- The relationship that these places have