A _TIMES, __SUNDAY TIMES_ AND _SPECTATOR _BOOK OF THE YEAR A _DAILY MAIL_ BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF THE YEAR A _DAILY MIRROR_ BEST NON-FICTION BOOK AN _IRISH TIMES_ NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR How did Britain become the servant of the world's most powerful and corrupt men? From accepting multi-million pound tips from Russian oligarchs, to the offshore tax havens, meet Butler Britain... In his Sunday Times-bestselling expose, Oliver Bullough reveals how the UK took up its position at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. Though the UK prides itself on values of fair play and the rule of law, few countries do more to frustrate global anti-corruption efforts. From the murky origins of tax havens and gambling centres in the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar to the influence of oligarchs in the British establishment,_ Butler to the World_ is the story of how we became a nation of Jeeveses - and how it doesn't have to be this way.
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The book the oligarchs don’t want you to read - how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals

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ISBN
9781782837398
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Profile Books
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok

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