Nigel Farage cries persecution, nobody wants to be his banker after ties to Russia

I imagine because of data protection, the bank/s in question cannot publicly release the details about this story without the approval of Farage.

If everything is above board on his part, why doesn't he explain the situation in detail and allow the bank to release the details to the wider public?

He’s well aware that the banks cannot divulge information publicly about his accounts which allows him to grandstand unopposed and change the story to suit his narrative that he’s being targeted specifically.

Theres 8 banks in total I think who have decided that doing business with Farage represents too much risk. That’s the height of it.

What type of risk that is only the banks know, but there must be something pretty clear for all of them to reject his proposal.

What he hasn’t been able to prove is that he’s being rejected for simply having opinions, which is laughable really.

Convenient, isn't it? As Peregrinus says, he's trying to control the narrative. The one certainty here is that all endeavours of this nature inevitably fail and the truth will inevitably force its way to the surface.

I don't see it. He's too prominent and the UK's already had an attempted assassination by the Russians on its soil. I don't see them trying again just to lance a boil like Farage. It's much more likely that they've some form of kompromat to keep him in line.

It sounds grim...they sacked/suspended this muppet...then brought him back.

It's really flopping, the fact it spouts so much nonsense it is struggling to be classified as a news channel says it all.

OFCOM launching another investigation I see.

Sorry for the delay in replying. But this is not about Farage. It's about something more fundamental.

It is about banks having the right to shut somebody down because of their political beliefs.

If there is no legislation in place to stop this happening, it will eventually happen. Doesn't matter whether you are right or left leaning.

If the person in power was Putin like, he would probably overturn the legislation so it would be a moot point by then anyway.

However, Lets assume we don't ever get anybody as evil as Putin.

If the banks are in the earhole of whoever is in power at that particular moment, you could be digitally and financially shut down for posting something critical of them on Twitter, Facebook or even Boards.

We need legislation in Ireland to stop this happening now.

What is the Irish legislation or actual law to stop somebody being financially shut down because of their political beliefs?

Is there a reference number to call it up online?

Well then there should be legislation in Switzerland too. I don't have any Swiss bank accounts so I am fine. it's Ireland I am worried about today.

But access to bank accounts should be totally non discriminatory, as long as you are not a criminal or money launderer.

Don't get me wrong, he turns my stomach too, but his case has brought up an interesting debate about the power of banks to shut down people.