Alison Rose Nat West

This is not a 'minor mistake'. Data protection and confidentiality are crucial in many institutions, and no more so than in banking. Who would like their financial status bandied about in the media? If this lady is so ignorant of the most basic requirements of the business she is in, then it is remarkable that she has risen as high as she has. I gather the BBC went back to her to ask if she was quite sure the information she had given them could be made public - and she said yes. Amazing.

growstuff

Lathyrus

What other mistakes?

Heading an organisation, and presumably approving, the drawing up of dossiers on a number of clients, examining their political views and personal values. And then approving the “debanking” of those clients whose views were not in agree with herself and members of the board.

Mistake? I wouldn’t call it that.

That wasn't a mistake from the bank's point of view. Farage's account was no longer commercially viable once his mortgage was paid off and he didn't meet the eligibility criteria for being a Coutts customer.

Are you suggesting that all the CEOs of the banks who have allegedly refused Farage an account should be sacked too?

Your obviously ignoring the real reason his account was cancelled. His politics, as referred to in the letter he received from Coutts.

Apologies.
It must be a regional thing, that some terms are less or more offensive or change meaning according to areas of the country.

To digress from graphic anatomical descriptions for a moment, I have no love for Farage, might even be tempted to share the odd epithet mentioned upthread, but ….OMG, Coutts and NatWest sure chose the wrong “victim” !
For the sake of all the others- and there are many who are not in a position to make their voices heard or who have tried and been ignored, for once I say to Farage- “More power to your elbow, make them squirm.”

Casdon

Primrose53

Casdon

I do think she made a very serious error in breaching client confidentiality and it was right for her to resign.

My opinion of Farage’s malign influence on the UK is unchanged, but I recognise that even the arch bellend can get one thing right.

You just can’t help yourself can you? There is absolutely no need for your second paragraph and it just shows you in a very poor light.

My opinion is as valid as yours Primrose53, and you are in no position to censor what I, or anybody else says.

If you can’t debate without using disgusting language then you have a problem.

Callistemon21

^No I don’t think so, it’s a slightly more polite version of another slang word which I daren’t say on here, but has 8 letters, begins with d and ends with d. Secondary meaning is an annoying or contemptible man^.

Well, he might well be but I thought it meant someone who is really stupid or behaved stupidly.
I think Alison Rose has behaved like a d******d!

It certainly gave him a lot of ammunition.
Stupid woman.
Where was her integrity and common sense?

I think by definition that word is a man!
She was certainly out of order though, take your pick from non gender terms of pillock, wazzock or numpty, although I’ve probably offended the sensitive again.

No I don’t think so, it’s a slightly more polite version of another slang word which I daren’t say on here, but has 8 letters, begins with d and ends with d. Secondary meaning is an annoying or contemptible man.

Well, he might well be but I thought it meant someone who is really stupid or behaved stupidly.
I think Alison Rose has behaved like a d******d!

It certainly gave him a lot of ammunition.
Stupid woman.
Where was her integrity and common sense?

grumppa 😂😂😂

Germanshepherdsmum

I know exactly what you mean. An apt description.

Thank you. I was beginning to think I was talking in riddles.

I know exactly what you mean. An apt description.

Callistemon21

Casdon

eazybee

There is no need to use that repulsive phrase, Casdon; it doesn't add weight to your argument, whatever it is.

I’m sorry if it upset you. I wasn’t swearing, or using a word which isn’t in common use but I understand that perhaps it was a bit strong for the sensibilities of some Gransnetters, although in common use on Mumsnet.

I didn't think I'd led a sheltered life but I've never heard of it!

I thought it might be Naval expression,

No I don’t think so, it’s a slightly more polite version of another slang word which I daren’t say on here, but has 8 letters, begins with d and ends with d. Secondary meaning is an annoying or contemptible man.

It’s a word commonly used though I’ve never used it. I don’t think Casdon deserves the opprobrium she’s received. There are far worse words which could be applied to Farage.

Well, bellend was new to me, and I've had one for nearly eighty years.

What beggars belief is that nobody in the Coutts/NatWest management structure had the wits to forsee what would happen if they treated Farage in the way they did. There would have been a case for sacking them for incompetence, if nothing else.

Casdon

eazybee

There is no need to use that repulsive phrase, Casdon; it doesn't add weight to your argument, whatever it is.

I’m sorry if it upset you. I wasn’t swearing, or using a word which isn’t in common use but I understand that perhaps it was a bit strong for the sensibilities of some Gransnetters, although in common use on Mumsnet.

I didn't think I'd led a sheltered life but I've never heard of it!

I thought it might be Naval expression,

Very true Foxy. But sadly the severance payment will have been agreed as part of the resignation. So many profit from their failure don’t they? And I expect she’ll soon turn up somewhere else. The wheel turns …

eazybee

There is no need to use that repulsive phrase, Casdon; it doesn't add weight to your argument, whatever it is.

I’m sorry if it upset you. I wasn’t swearing, or using a word which isn’t in common use but I understand that perhaps it was a bit strong for the sensibilities of some Gransnetters, although in common use on Mumsnet.

Like many upthread we need to be aware that Alison Rose has not been pushed out of a job which she wholly deserved
She has shown herself to be entirely undeserving of her privileged position and the multi-million ££ salary she commanded.
The buck has to stop somewhere - she breached banking security regs and nobody is too high up the food chain to escape the recognised consequences.
Nor should she be allowed to “pass Go and collect ( the modern equivalent of ) £200” (more like £5 million.)

eazybee

There is no need to use that repulsive phrase, Casdon; it doesn't add weight to your argument, whatever it is.

It’s nothing compared to the expletives I use when I see him on the telly…this is a man who, without ever being democratically elected, changed the course of British history for the worst. And divided the country ( and, judging by this thread, is still doing so…he’d be rubbing his hands with glee reading all of this…)

There is no need to use that repulsive phrase, Casdon; it doesn't add weight to your argument, whatever it is.

Flavel says:

In the handling of Mr Farage’s case we have fallen below the bank’s high standards of personal service

^As CEO (chief executive officer) of Coutts it is right that I bear ultimate responsibility for this, which is why I am stepping down^”

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/natwest-says-coutts-boss-flavel-leaves-with-immediate-effect

another one bites the dust.
at coutts this time.

MerylStreep

Callistemon21

It is not just him, though, HPQ

He has become the voice for all those who have been 'unbanked' for spurious reasons.

His is the tip of the latest banking iceberg.

Remember the scandals over illegal bank charges? Many of those people who were found to have been unfairly charged and repaid the money by the banks when the Ombudsman found in their favour then had their bank accounts promptly closed.

Im assuming that some on here have memory problems?
Re the comments above. It’s obvious to a blind man that banks will shaft you at any opportunity and yet you defend them.

Me? I'm not defending them.

I said the banks were found to be in the wrong by the Ombudman in thousands of cases. Because of their sharp practices thousands of customers went into debt, which spiralled downwards with even more charges with no hope of repaying.
The Ombudsman found for the customers and the banks were forced to pay back illegal charges.

They then shut customers' bank accounts even though the banks were found to be in the wrong.

Vulgar, slightly, but I do know much worse words.

Oh I don’t doubt it!

Let’s face it Alison Rose broke the rules of data protection and as CEO of Nat West she should know better. And to tittle tattle about a high profile customer was beyond stupid. It doesn’t actually matter that it was Nigel Farage but it was far more likely to come out because of who he is She has paid for this digression with her job.