Rule Britannia
- 2020
- 2h
An exploration of British history, culture and society since King Arthur. It opens on two protagonists dressed in white presenting and arguing their views on the 10 rules that really govern ... Read allAn exploration of British history, culture and society since King Arthur. It opens on two protagonists dressed in white presenting and arguing their views on the 10 rules that really govern Great Britain and the United Kingdom.An exploration of British history, culture and society since King Arthur. It opens on two protagonists dressed in white presenting and arguing their views on the 10 rules that really govern Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
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- TriviaAmongst the many interviews for Rule Britannia, one of them is with a homeless living in a park in London. The son of a black Jamaican father and a white English heroin addict with 6 siblings. He himself fathered 4 children, now all living in foster homes.
The problem with the homeless in Britain is not that there is no help, it is that it is filled with extremely arrogant overpaid social workers who believe that they are God on Earth and rejoice in endless bureaucracy leaving the homeless agonizing in the streets. The political Left is messy and not great but the right isn't helping either.
The new British government -on the Right side- new policy towards the homeless is: "Out of sight, out of mind". Thanks to the Covid19 pandemic and the lock-down, most have been re-housed, by-passing social workers and the infernal bureaucracy.
In the 21st century, a rich nation cannot survive with people living in the streets: it would be a proof that the society is completely dysfunctional and cannot function. Above all else, anyone and everyone can be a homeless.
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Oliver Shiell: I'm a small business owner that looks after trading and investment with China and the rest of the world.
Oliver Shiell: I did see the pandemic coming. Last time I flew to China I was in the south of China and on the plane on the way over I had a sort of fleeting thought which was how lucky it was that I was travelling to China because I didn't know how long this would last, I didn't know how long international travel would last because it seemed to me that it just isn't sustainable to continue to operate as a global society from either an environmental perspective but also from a health perspective. So, I do, I have been expecting something like this for some time.
Oliver Shiell: I didn't particularly get on well with structured education because I'm dyslexic so I spent most of my school life being told I wasn't good enough, even though I had creative and thoughtful ideas about many different subjects. I found it difficult to communicate that in a way which the established system valued.
Oliver Shiell: The true privilege of Oxford is, actually, the people you meet there and the way in which you can become inspired by truly great minds. I was very fortunate because my boss was a sort of entrepreneurial academic who was very generous with me in terms of sort of mentoring and support and seeing the bigger picture in the world.
Oliver Shiell: Whilst I was at Oxford University, working there, I took the opportunity to do as much executive education as I could. So, I did programmes on leadership negotiation. the final programme I did was a master's diploma in strategy and innovation. Whilst I was doing that programme it struck me that, actually, although China wasn't a core part of the programme or core focus for the programme, for my generation it's all about China.
Oliver Shiell: I was employed by the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business by writing to them and suggesting that they might appoint me. At the time, I was working for Oxford University and delivering an Oxford business forum in China at the State Guest House, in Beijing. So, I had a letter which I'd crafted very carefully, translated into Chinese, and I sent it to them and said I was going to be in Beijing and perhaps we should meet up.
Oliver Shiell: Building trust with China is a multi-phase process which requires a couple of key things.
- SoundtracksThe Cold Song
From the opera "King Arthur"
Written and composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Virtual Alien and Old Nick.
Published by Mnemonics Music America / Rumblefish.
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- £140,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours
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