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With regard to Nigel Farage, he was deemed a perfectly respctable customer of Coutts for a number of years and they were perfectly happy to use his money and accept his bank charges.
The people who have 'exited' him remain anonymous, and the Chief Executive refused to give him any reason for his expulsion when questioned. This committee needs to be made accountable for their decision.
It is reasonable for any institution to refuse to accept a new customer after investigation if they choose, but having accepted them and their money for a number of years it is totally unacceptable to remove them without even the courtesy of an explanation, and 'leak ' untrue information to cover themselves.
I shall be very interested to find out who is behind this, and I am sure NF will pursue it . I have my suspicions, but absolutely no evidence, so I shan't be saying.

Whitewavemark2

Namsnanny

Any one feel differently about Coutts de banking NF now we have some very clear evidence why?

Yes - Coutts shows good judgement.

I paraphrase

“Seen as xenophobic and racist. Seen as a grifter.

Being associated with Farage risks the banks reputation”

Well, I didn't expect you to change your views Wwmk2 but it does seem as if the gov. feel differently.

There has been a lot of cross party support for NF position.

This is about freedom of the individual to believe anything they choose, with in the law.

Who are the banks to decided who they do and don't agree with?

They have been bailed out with tax payers money.

Coutts lied and gave NF info to a third party, the BBC.

I noted you left out that after considerable investigation, Coutts stated there was no evidence of financial or any other dealings from NF with Russia.

A lot of this is down to ESG and AI

I asked the original question above to see if anyone else is open to change their opinion in the light of truth?

At PMQ today the PM said the government's Financial Services and Markets Act puts in place "new measures to ensure that politically exposed persons are being treated in an appropriate and proportionate manner". Is that what you mean Namsnanny when you say that there has been a lot of cross party support for Farage, an inquiry was requested by Jacob Rees-Mogg but rejected by Sunak as above.

PEP is only a part of the problem.
Have you read the minutes from Coutts on NF personal data request?

His cancellation from the bank was based on his views not aligning with their values.

The PM shut the discussion down though, I don’t think there’s an appetite on his part to take it any further.

You may be right Casdon, but I don't know why not.

It's been at least 10 years in the making, with small businesses and 'ordinary' customers suffering from this heavy handed treatment from the banks.

Don't you see it as social engineering?

Apparently ministers are drawing up plans to ensure bank customers are given three months notice of an account being closed and a clearer explanation, and looking to change licences so they can’t discriminate based on political views. I presume it will go before parliament in the autumn as they break up for the summer tomorrow. I don’t know why Sunak seemed lukewarm about it, but he was.

Namsnanny

PEP is only a part of the problem.
Have you read the minutes from Coutts on NF personal data request?

His cancellation from the bank was based on his views not aligning with their values.

Banks are there to facilitate our monetary transactions.
They are not arbiters of our moral or political views.

Banks should look to themselves and their directors first before trying to tell others what they should be doing or what they should be thinking. They themselves are far from perfect.

I agree Callistemon But none of this has prevented them from giving out 25 million (I think) in bonuses.

Alison Rose CEO of Coutts has apologized to NF.
Apparently there are over 2 million people who dont have b accounts in this country.
AR said the central pillar of her tenure was to support the climate.
Maybe she should concentrate on telling the truth and financial services?

Will Chris Bryant be forthcoming with an apology about his comments about NF's so called Russian connection?

Martin Lewis reckons there are approximately 3 million people without bank accounts in the U.K.

Someone on the radio today was talking about the need for a State Bank for those people unable to get access to a general bank,

Remember the couple who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. Seems that the same people who complain about a private business choosing to refuse to deal with one private customer, for their own reasons- were the ones who said the opposite at the time, strangely.

Coutts bank boss says SORRY to Nigel Farage for 'deeply inappropriate' report about him and insists she 'values freedom of expression' - as government announces crackdown on customers' accounts being closed

I'm not quite sure what you mean Fleurpepper

Are you conflating a private wedding cake supplier with a gov. owned (30%) bank?

Plus this isn't about one person (I presume you mean NF). This is a high profile person using his platform to shine a light on all the other (possibly in excess of 10,000 people) cases, who have had to cope with the banks decision, without any redress.

Hey I've just had a thought, would any of the fuss around de banking have been possible without GB News?

It gave NF the platform he needed.

No one else made a fuss certainly not the BBC, who would have shut the story down asap, imv.

More reasons for me to watch

Namsnanny

Hey I've just had a thought, would any of the fuss around de banking have been possible without GB News?

It gave NF the platform he needed.

No one else made a fuss certainly not the BBC, who would have shut the story down asap, imv.

More reasons for me to watch

It’s on now as “NatWest CEO admits She leaked Nigel’s bank information to the BBC!”
Well done Nigel (let’s just wait for the haters 😁)

Namsnanny

Hey I've just had a thought, would any of the fuss around de banking have been possible without GB News?

It gave NF the platform he needed.

No one else made a fuss certainly not the BBC, who would have shut the story down asap, imv.

More reasons for me to watch

It's not exactly earth shattering news, or of any importance. Where do you think it would come in a list of other news items, such as fires in Europe, ULEZ, byelections, the state of the economy etc etc?

And here they come 😂😂

I think it might be of importance to Nigel Farage, but even more so to the other people who have had their bank accounts closed.

Shinamae

Namsnanny

Hey I've just had a thought, would any of the fuss around de banking have been possible without GB News?

It gave NF the platform he needed.

No one else made a fuss certainly not the BBC, who would have shut the story down asap, imv.

More reasons for me to watch

It’s on now as “NatWest CEO admits She leaked Nigel’s bank information to the BBC!”
Well done Nigel (let’s just wait for the haters 😁)

I'm not a Farage Fan but this whole business is wrong on many levels
And yes, it may be just the tip of a huge iceberg.

Alison Rose seemed to be almost laughing in front of the cameras.

Of course, they’re going to close ranks…

It's about free speech Dinhamo If your bank stopped you from having a bank account I'm sure you'd think differently.

At this moment, it obviously doesnt seem important to you, but if you were in the position that over 10,000 people find themselves you would be glad this is being addressed.

Freedom of speech and action is bigger than ULEZ ect., in fact did anyone actually vote for ULEZ, (I know very little so you could enlighten me)?

To many things that affect us have come about not through voting, but by our institutions deciding what they think we should have.

There has been very little dissent from the other mainstream broadcasters.

Therefore I for one am very glad this is happening.

I only wish I was knowledgeable enough to convince you!

Callistemon21

Shinamae

Namsnanny

Hey I've just had a thought, would any of the fuss around de banking have been possible without GB News?

It gave NF the platform he needed.

No one else made a fuss certainly not the BBC, who would have shut the story down asap, imv.

More reasons for me to watch

It’s on now as “NatWest CEO admits She leaked Nigel’s bank information to the BBC!”
Well done Nigel (let’s just wait for the haters 😁)

I'm not a Farage Fan but this whole business is wrong on many levels
And yes, it may be just the tip of a huge iceberg.

Alison Rose seemed to be almost laughing in front of the cameras.

Yes Callistemon tip of the iceberg. I thought of it as having very deep roots

Some of these sayings are very apt arn't they?
Are they Shakespearean I wonder?

Two journalist guests on GB News just saying AR is toast now and has to go. Another journalist was on earlier and he said even the lowliest bank Clerk would know that the most important part of their job is confidentiality and if they broke it they would lose their job straight away. So why isn’t AR losing her job? He predicts she will be gone by the end of the week.