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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

So that's a very importantpart of the whole system, upper-class British publicschool kind...

So that's a very important
part of the whole system, upper-class British public
school kind of establishment, that has been there since,
you know, for centuries

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So that's a very important part of the whole system,
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upper-class British public school kind of establishment,
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that has been there since, you know, for centuries.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:09
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
- [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,
Do we really think that any circumstances - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
Do we really think that any circumstances
Who wants their government to have people working for it, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:16
Who wants their government to have people working for it,
- We need the citizens to understand what is happening, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:16
- We need the citizens to understand what is happening,
Ordinary people are paying taxes. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
Ordinary people are paying taxes.
So this is inequality, and it is leading up to populism, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:19
So this is inequality, and it is leading up to populism,
- Back in the '60s and '70s, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
- Back in the '60s and '70s,
And if you fast forward to the present day, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
And if you fast forward to the present day,
The offshore system is the establishment. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
The offshore system is the establishment.
- [Narrator] Today, offshore is the way elites - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] Today, offshore is the way elites
Tax evasion is the way business is done. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
Tax evasion is the way business is done.
- This kind of sophisticated cheating - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- This kind of sophisticated cheating
We like to talk about the pinstripe infrastructure - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
We like to talk about the pinstripe infrastructure