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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

Well-known people, well-dressed, well-fed, highly paid are sittingin city center offices,...

Well-known people, well-dressed, well-fed, highly paid are sitting
in city center offices, and they are paid to dream
up tax avoidance schemes for individuals and for corporations

Full Transcript

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Well-known people, well-dressed, well-fed,
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highly paid are sitting in city center offices,
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and they are paid to dream up tax avoidance schemes
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for individuals and for corporations.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:39
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.
We can all elect a government, which says, "Vote for us. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
We can all elect a government, which says, "Vote for us...
"We will give you better healthcare, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
"We will give you better healthcare,
"You elected this government, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
"You elected this government,
"The Amazons and the Googles - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
"The Amazons and the Googles
"Too bad, you voted for it, but actually, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:17
"Too bad, you voted for it, but actually,
And these firms are the rewarded - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
And these firms are the rewarded
And the same firms are then advising - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:14
And the same firms are then advising
When I argued this with a Price Waterhouse partner - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
When I argued this with a Price Waterhouse partner
"We generate millions of dollars of revenues, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
"We generate millions of dollars of revenues,
"What is your problem?" - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
"What is your problem?"
"That's the language of drug-pushers and pimps." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
"That's the language of drug-pushers and pimps.&qu...
- [Narrator] In Britain, a new breed - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- [Narrator] In Britain, a new breed
One such civil servant was Dave Hartnett, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
One such civil servant was Dave Hartnett,
Dave Hartnett had a new way of collecting tax. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Dave Hartnett had a new way of collecting tax.
Deals would be negotiated on an individual basis, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Deals would be negotiated on an individual basis,
In the case of the largest clients, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
In the case of the largest clients,
British Telecom was one of the first companies - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
British Telecom was one of the first companies
BT's chief executive, Ben Verwaayen wrote, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:18
BT's chief executive, Ben Verwaayen wrote,
- Litigation in the courts is really phenomenally expensive - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
- Litigation in the courts is really phenomenally expensive
And the artists persuade people to pay - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
And the artists persuade people to pay