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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

Earlier this week, the UK's Prime MinisterDavid Cameron told Parliament that the tax haven...

Earlier this week, the UK's Prime Minister
David Cameron told Parliament that the tax haven label placed
on its Crown dependencies and overseas territories is unfair

Full Transcript

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Earlier this week,
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the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament
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that the tax haven label placed on its Crown dependencies
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and overseas territories is unfair.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:19
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.
- [Narrator] Many British politicians have personal - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
- [Narrator] Many British politicians have personal
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron's father, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron's father,
- At this courthouse behind me here - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- At this courthouse behind me here
It's a document called a grant of probate, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
It's a document called a grant of probate,
In 2009, his personal fortune was estimated - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
In 2009, his personal fortune was estimated
Yet when Ian Cameron died in 2010, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Yet when Ian Cameron died in 2010,
- In many cases, it's the politicians and their cronies - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
- In many cases, it's the politicians and their cronies
The fact of the matter is they don't want to do it, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
The fact of the matter is they don't want to do it,
- If you come from the same kind of background, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
- If you come from the same kind of background,
You can get away with doing all sorts of things - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
You can get away with doing all sorts of things
But if you're part of the networks, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
But if you're part of the networks,
So that's a very important part of the whole system, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
So that's a very important part of the whole system,
- [Narrator] The British establishment, an old-boys network - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
- [Narrator] The British establishment, an old-boys network
They transformed themselves from administrators of empire - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
They transformed themselves from administrators of empire
As more money flowed offshore, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
As more money flowed offshore,
- The reality is not what you believe. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
- The reality is not what you believe.
Your prime minister has the power to decide on the future - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Your prime minister has the power to decide on the future
- We have country after country around the world - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
- We have country after country around the world
We have extreme cases like the hiding of tax evasion - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:19
We have extreme cases like the hiding of tax evasion
The anonymous ownership of properties across London, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
The anonymous ownership of properties across London,