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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

You can get away withdoing all sorts of things that they wouldn't just letany old person,...

You can get away with
doing all sorts of things that they wouldn't just let
any old person, you know, if you came knocking on the door saying, "Can you set up an offshore
company to do this," they'd tell you to get lost

Full Transcript

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You can get away with doing all sorts of things
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that they wouldn't just let any old person, you know,
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if you came knocking on the door saying,
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"Can you set up an offshore company to do this,"
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they'd tell you to get lost.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:54
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.
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,
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.