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[Narrator] By keeping its power hidden
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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

By keeping its power hidden, Britain is able to claim that these jurisdictionsare...

[Narrator] By keeping its power hidden, Britain is able to claim that these jurisdictions
are politically autonomous

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- [Narrator] By keeping its power hidden,
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Britain is able to claim
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that these jurisdictions are politically autonomous.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:14
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.
That's the message being sent - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
That's the message being sent
Attorney Steve McField will be representing government - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Attorney Steve McField will be representing government
The committee was set up to help colonies around the world - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
The committee was set up to help colonies around the world
But Mr. McField says he'll be making it clear - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
But Mr. McField says he'll be making it clear
- And that message is that the Premier, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- And that message is that the Premier,
That is the message that I will be carrying. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
That is the message that I will be carrying.
- [Narrator] When the Bahamas declared independence - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
- [Narrator] When the Bahamas declared independence
It was the British connection that reassured bankers - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
It was the British connection that reassured bankers
- This British bedrock, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
- This British bedrock,
- [Narrator] In reality, much of the wealth administered - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- [Narrator] In reality, much of the wealth administered
- The City of London, by and large, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- The City of London, by and large,
There might, Heaven forbid, be a regulator - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
There might, Heaven forbid, be a regulator
So better to do the frauds offshore in Gibraltar or Jersey, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
So better to do the frauds offshore in Gibraltar or Jersey,
- [Narrator] Deals are often discussed - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- [Narrator] Deals are often discussed
- What they allow the city to do is to get involved - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
- What they allow the city to do is to get involved
"That's tax haven activity, and we're the city. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
"That's tax haven activity, and we're the cit...
"We're not involved in that kind of stuff." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
"We're not involved in that kind of stuff."
- The City of London has shaped the way in which Jersey, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
- The City of London has shaped the way in which Jersey,
I see these places as the Frankensteins created - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
I see these places as the Frankensteins created
- [Narrator] Today, the UK is the world's largest provider - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] Today, the UK is the world's largest provi...