Daily: How Britain Embraced the Super-Rich

Why is Britain so accommodating to the super-rich? Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World talks to Ahir Shah to discuss how our nation came to assist kleptocrats to the extent we see today. As question marks over oligarchs’ riches hit the headlines, we look at how we got here.

• “There is this deeply ingrained service industry that helps anyone with money do anything.”
• “Whoever they are, if they’ve got money, we’ll take their money and help them solve their problems.”
• “We don’t stop people doing things, we help people do things.”
• “The problem isn’t Russian money, it’s money. And if it wasn’t Russian money it would be someone else’s money.”

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Presented by Ahir Shah. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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