Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough
How did Britain end up serving the most ruthless and powerful persons in the world? Meet Butler Britain, from receiving multi-million-pound tips from Russian oligarchs to offshore tax havens.
Oliver Bullough exposes how Britain came to be at the elbow of the world’s greatest criminals, oligarchs, and kleptocrats in his Sunday Times best-selling exposé. Despite the UK taking pride in upholding the norms of justice and fair play, few nations work harder to thwart international anti-corruption initiatives. Butler to the World is the tale of how we came to be a nation of Jeeveses—and how it doesn’t have to be this way. It starts with the murky beginnings of tax havens and gambling hotspots in the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar, and ends with the influence of oligarchs in the British establishment.
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Oliver Bullough reveals the terrible reality of how Britain came to be at the centre of the global offshore economy and at the service of the worst individuals in the world in his powerful follow-up to Moneyland.
The nadir of Britain’s twentieth century, when the once-superpower was coerced into retreat, was the Suez Crisis of 1956. Former US secretary of state Dean Acherson stated, “Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. Yet it was incorrect. Acheson’s statement has made it into the canon of famous quotations. Currently, Britain had a job. Just yet, it had escaped the attention of the world’s leaders.
In Butler to the World, it is explained how Britain evolved to be the hub of the offshore economy. It illustrates how a lot of aspects of contemporary Britain have been used to serve the oligarchs of the world, despite being polemically written and peppered with funny references to the butlers of popular culture.
The Biden administration is making corruption a central component of its foreign policy, which requires it to address Britain’s role as the primary facilitator of financial crime and bad behaviour. This book exposes how London has purposefully flouted US laws for years, raising doubts about how much of an ally Britain actually is.
