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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

"You elected this government, "but we actually got atax avoidance scheme

"You elected this government, "but we actually got a
tax avoidance scheme

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"You elected this government,
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"but we actually got a tax avoidance scheme.
Duration
6 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:04
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
"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
- [Crowd] Pay your tax, pay your tax, pay your tax! - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- [Crowd] Pay your tax, pay your tax, pay your tax!
- [Narrator] After protests erupted in 2011, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- [Narrator] After protests erupted in 2011,
Dave Hartnett claimed he could not give any information - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Dave Hartnett claimed he could not give any information