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DokumentaryoTaon2022Tagal1h 20mIMDb7.7

The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

Dokumentaryo

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.

Panoorin Ngayon

Trailer

Cast

Michael Oswald

Director

Joel Benjamin

Self

PC

Peter Cain

Self

JC

John Christensen

Self

AC

Alex Cobham

Self

Paul Gilbert

Self

MH

Michael Hudson

Self

EJ

Eva Joly

Self

Paula Edda Klein

Self - Narrator (german)

RP

Ronen Palan

Self

AP

Andrew Piper

Self - Narrator

NS

Nicholas Shaxson

Self

PS

Prem Sikka

Self

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Susan Steed

Self

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Stuart Syvret

Self

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Attiya Waris

Self

Michael Oswald

Writer

Maaari Mo Ring Magustuhan

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10 Mga Komento

abhijay SinghNov 24, 2025

lasisielenuMay 24, 2023

Sameep Gulati ❤️⚽️Apr 28, 2023

Why democracy is a sham. Laws to defraud the masses & keep the elite, elite. If you know enough about world politics & International relations, a lot that you fear about inequity & injustice will become clearer after viewing this documentary.

Melanie SilvaApr 28, 2023

I don't deny that the the problem of tax-heavens is serious. I don't deny that hilarious amounts of income evade taxation. I don't deny the role of City od London. However the document is poor: instead of explaining the schemes it provides repeated statements instead of providing diagrams it shows same visuals from the streets instead proposing solutions it just moans how bad it is. Summary: Boring, without intellectual depth, sighted from single perspective. Important subject that was just wasted. Brings more damage to the cause it was supposed to aid. I expected it to be eye-opener, buy just lost an hour.

adinathembiApr 28, 2023

One of the thrills of my childhood was to watch political thrillers, the French ones in particular, because they would be merciless. In the end the hero would die without accomplishing anything more than our entertainment and the death and suffering of everyone he loves. Americans like to finish with a completely unlikely happy ending (pardon the pun), but the gist of it remains the same: there is no way a normal human being can do anything about this. Now here comes a documentary that gave me kind of the same feeling when I am an adult, describing how the city within a city, hiding in plain sight and dealing in the shadow, controls most of the planet's finances through offshore colonies that are getting too fat to ever want to escape colonialism. And it's not a conspiracy theory documentary, either, it's just facts. Imagine little ants doing a docu about how brazenly elephants walk around the world, smashing ant hills indiscriminately and with impunity and you get the image of what this film is about. But it's extremely informative and frankly explains a lot of the behavior of politicians in countries such as the U. K. and the U. S. as well as the mechanisms that led to the current global crisis. You see, when you are rich and lazy, you stop producing, you just handle the money like a boss. Or like a bank. Or like old decrepit money. It's called financialization, a new step of evolution for rich countries, moving from industrialization to just shifting money about and stealing, consuming, buying and selling the resources of others. Once the supply chains are disrupted, though, they are as useful as a crusty old lord during a zombie invasion. Brexit makes sense now, why would a small island want to become even more insular? Because they have the money. Even stuff like the sudden aggression against China are easily explainable now. No one cares what they do to their citizens or who they invade. They do care about becoming an alternative to a virtual and hidden economic system that sustains the great powers. You learn stuff like how Africa has 5 times more resources in anonymous offshore accounts than it has international debt; they are effectively creditors for the world. Bottom line: a must watch and a good starting point for examining what the world is really about. Also, why you can't do anything about it.

SRIDHARAN BALANApr 28, 2023

I'm rating this a 10/10 for it's importance to UK and very probably citizen's of all countries. The film starts by illustrating how with many of Britian's colonies declaring independence in the post-WWII era, GB managed to retain it's control of these 'ex-colonies' by ensuring they retained sterling as their currencies. What I also learnt was the 'City of London' not to be confused with 'London' has an independent representative in the house of commons - the 'Remeberancer' The documentary then shows how large banks and presumably other corporations were (are) able to store their assets in offshore trusts (which I understood have no legal oversight and a great degree of anonymity for the user). This relieves them of their obligation to pay tax. Even more suprising was that the head of HMRC was an ex-tax accountant recruited from the private sector to support the banks continued 'hiding' of their income from the tax payer! As other reviewers have alluded to here - these structures are almost certainly much of the reason for this countries (i.e. UK) problems. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I see an immediate solution whilst the balance of power is so unfavourably skewed in respect of those controlling this enormous wealth. Must watch!

user1015266786011Apr 28, 2023

I've just watched this documentary on the Freeview channel 'Together'. It's a fascinating, compelling and well-made film about how the City of London increased its influence through the use of tax havens after the break up of the British Empire. The documentary is extremely informative and eye-opening, but be warned, it can also leave you feeling angry and disillusioned about how successive governments, politicians, and the Establishment have combined to legally defraud the tax payer. Sadly, nothing seems to change, probably because the same people who could actually do something are the very people who are enriching themselves through these tax havens. I really enjoyed this well-made film and I recommend it to anyone who has an interest in current affairs.

❤🇲🇦Apr 28, 2023

I was astounded by this documentary, presenting beyond a shadow of a doubt the rampant theft being perpetrated by the economic and political establishment of the UK. The narration, production, and music were all on point but above all this is a documentary of content, and if you wonder why so much is wrong with the world, this will provide you with a good portion of the answer.

Boo✅and gacha❤️Apr 28, 2023

An eye-opening documentary about just how corrupt the City of London and its offshore tax havens are, how a system of secret trusts and shell companies allows the wealthy and businesses to evade tax, and how their banks and accountancy firms have infiltrated British government, subverting democracy so it works against the interests of the people. The final narration of the doc sums it up: "The City of London was the beating financial heart of the British Empire. As Britain's Empire declined, the City transformed itself from a hub operating the financial machinery of Empire into a global financial centre. Former insignificant outposts of Empire became the basis for a spider's web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and funnelled it to the City of London. Today 25% of international finance is conducted on British territory. Almost half of all the world's secrecy jurisdictions are under British protection. Up to half of all offshore wealth may be hidden in Britain's offshore havens. Financial services are how Britain's elites make their money, and also where former government ministers, senior civil servants and retired spooks from MI5 and MI6 receive lucrative consulting positions after their time in public service. Together they have transformed Britain and its dependencies into the world's largest tax haven, harming development throughout the world, and turning Britain itself into a country that serves, above all, the interests of its elites." It's a damning documentary. You pay your fair share of taxes. The rich do not. That is the society Britain has created.

ⒶⓘⒼⓞ-ⓁApr 28, 2023

There is a shadow financial system that spans the globe, sure, everyone knows this at some level, its why we joke about off shore accounts, but why is the question they don't want to answer because the perspective is reflexively left wing. The awful truth is this is what allows us to indulge in the fiction of democracy as the flaw is once those who don't pay net taxes decide to tax those who do, it becomes theft and the productive either seek to escape or allowances are made to keep them as they hold up the system. This is why the narrative is a distortion, even in the UK, despite the claims of evasion, the rich still pay the vast majority of all taxes. The politicians and the elite juggle the laffer curve with the demands of the populous and the shadow financial network enables the lie.

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