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Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
Oliver Bullough
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The Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's twentieth-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 'Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role.' But the funny thing was, Britain had already found a role. It even had the costume. The leaders of the world just hadn't noticed it yet.
Butler to the World reveals how the UK took up its position at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. We pride ourselves on values of fair play and the rule of law, but few countries do more to frustrate global anticorruption efforts. We are now a nation of Jeeveses, snobbish enablers for rich halfwits of considerably less charm than Bertie Wooster. It doesn't have to be that way.
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Praise for Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
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'Urgent and essential reading. From grasping bankers to opportunistic lawyers and feckless MPs, unable and unwillingto withstand the schemes of the global rich, Oliver Bullough has drilled down to the root of the malaise that's rotting theUK system. Beautifully written with quiet despairing humour, this is the defining story of our times' - Putin s People'Not only a witty and well researched economic history of Britain's role as financial Butler to the world, this is also asavage analysis of Britain's soul. As essential as Orwell at his best' - This Is Not Propaganda'Oliver Bullough unsparingly reveals the devastating facts behind Britain's dirty financial secrets and moral guilt whiledirectly challenging the UK to clean up its act. This book is a must-read for those who care about our reputation inthe world today '
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