They held a meeting which made numerous minuted references to his politics and said those politics didn’t align with the banks values. The decision to remove him followed said meeting
Their handling of the whole situation has been terrible, but they are perfectly entitled not to do business with him if they no longer want to.
Your buddy Starmer doesn't agree
‘Now is not the time’ I would imagine.In the NHS the 'integrated care systems' which represent all of the commissioners and providers in a given area are already reporting massive deficits a quarter into the financial year.
They were asked by the dreadful useful idiot entity NHS England to come up with fantasy projections of breakeven, but some have defied it.
What's coming next is part of the deliberate plan to underfund and cripple the NHS, these ICS' are being asked to make freezes on recruitment (already massively understaffed), and will be asked no doubt to cut services.
What the fuck are Labour saying about it?
‘Now is not the time’ I would imagine.
I must be getting old. I remember a time when a bakery lost in court the right to chose who they don’t make cakes for and the right lost their shit saying any business has the right to refuse someone’s business on the basis of opposing ideologies. Now all of a sudden they’ve U turned wholesale on that.
If you have no bank you can’t live. This is as silly as your freedom of speech comparison
Never thought labour would have a female Nigel Lawson as wanna be chancellor
If you have no bank you can’t live. This is as silly as your freedom of speech comparison
Haha yes. I’ve been completely unable to live the last 40 years because I don’t qualify for Coutts.
He was offered a Nat West account.
A very exclusive private bank is perfectly entitled to choose who can and can't bank with them.
I’m talking about the wider picture
I kind of agree. Bloody stupid thing to do to leave a trail mind you!Well he is correct for once is he not? Banks can only remove customers for certain reasons - or so it is claimed - though of course in reality they can do what they want (though I suspect they now wish they had not with Mr Farage)
When banks can close accounts – and what to do if yours is affected
Telegraph Money explains why closures happen and the rules for reopening an accountwww.telegraph.co.uk
Only a madman would support a banks right to not allow customers if they did not like their political opinions - though I am sure it would have removed some rather irritating left wing figures in the 80's I would rather listen to the irritating figures.
The next step could be to do what was done to Graham Phillips - effectively a state sanctioning of denying banking access. Oh and I really cannot be bothered about you sending me silly memes as I have dared to mention his name.
The next step is to make a citizen a complete non citizen as with Shamima Begum
None of it is for me.
He has also claimed 11 banks have rejected him I believe
Even Blair had a plan for recovering a crumbling infrastructure etc. Ok it was badly flawed, but there was a plan! I find it very hard to accept the Labour Party colluding in the breakup of the NHS.In the NHS the 'integrated care systems' which represent all of the commissioners and providers in a given area are already reporting massive deficits a quarter into the financial year.
They were asked by the dreadful useful idiot entity NHS England to come up with fantasy projections of breakeven, but some have defied it.
What's coming next is part of the deliberate plan to underfund and cripple the NHS, these ICS' are being asked to make freezes on recruitment (already massively understaffed), and will be asked no doubt to cut services.
What the fuck are Labour saying about it?
Well he is correct for once is he not? Banks can only remove customers for certain reasons - or so it is claimed - though of course in reality they can do what they want (though I suspect they now wish they had not with Mr Farage)
When banks can close accounts – and what to do if yours is affected
Telegraph Money explains why closures happen and the rules for reopening an accountwww.telegraph.co.uk
Only a madman would support a banks right to not allow customers if they did not like their political opinions - though I am sure it would have removed some rather irritating left wing figures in the 80's I would rather listen to the irritating figures.
The next step could be to do what was done to Graham Phillips - effectively a state sanctioning of denying banking access. Oh and I really cannot be bothered about you sending me silly memes as I have dared to mention his name.
The next step is to make a citizen a complete non citizen as with Shamima Begum
None of it is for me.
Why oh why can’t agents of hostile foreign nations bank in the U.K.!? Truly the end of a liberal society.
What hostile nation towards the uk? I didn’t know we were in a war.
Has there been criminal charges? If so what are they?
What laws have been broken?
I kind of agree. Bloody stupid thing to do to leave a trail mind you!
Like Shamima Begum?It’s basically saying it’s ok to do what you like to peoples status if you perceive them to be a rather unpleasant and distasteful person
Which of course people do... but usually aren't stupid enough to leave a trail!It’s basically saying it’s ok to do what you like to peoples status if you perceive them to be a rather unpleasant and distasteful person
He'd agree I suspect exactly like herLike Shamima Begum?
Like Shamima Begum?
Possibly. But Nigel doesn’t. He’s fine with her losing her status as he was fine with a baker (IIRC) refusing the business of someone because they had opposing ideology. Sounds to me that Nigel’s chickens have come home to roost, he’s got the society he wanted and it’s come back to bite him so he’s fighting it with pure hypocrisy. I have little sympathy for him despite the fact I think it would be wrong for a bank to refuse his business because of his ideology.He'd agree I suspect exactly like her
So, as a mid-level seat-warmer in the financial industry for a good few years now, I've got to say that disclosing a customer's personal information without their permission is a sackable offence. Even if they are a complete wanker. If it was me I would have just said that he no longer meets the financial criteria for a Coutt's account, and bounced him out regardless, the other stuff was unnecessary.
The real scandal in banking isn't rich arseholes being unable to impress their mates with a posh chequebook, it's average people having their accounts closed without any reason being given (often via the mysterious fraud flag, CIFAS). More on that in the link below, but I either way I seriously doubt a Tory government will look to change this - Labour will undoubtedly be too busy giving blow-jobs to the Daily Mail editoral staff to worry about it overmuch either, should they get in.
Sunak, Farage, and the corrupt orifice that is the Tory party banging on about "standards" though... that's taking the piss, frankly.
Forget Nigel Farage and Coutts – banks have been locking ordinary people out of accounts for years | Amy Taylor
This is a rich person’s row. But as a debt adviser, I’ve seen clients’ lives upended when they are denied access to a basic bank account, says debt adviser Amy Taylorwww.theguardian.com
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