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

There was undoubtedly some head banger(s) in there who wanted rid of him any way possible. Blinded by hatred - like a few posters on this thread.

They had the commercial angle, but to try and pile it on, they went with the personal/political angle too, which was a huge error. Had they just left it at commercial reasons, this is dead on day 1.

You are mischaracturizing people position for your own cause. Farage was dropped for business reasons by a private bank. He didn't qualify for his account so had it withdrawn, they also didn't like the image he presented as a customer which cemented the deal.

The mismanagment of the PR surrounding all this is just a side show and not the main act.

Those "deeply inappropriate comments" ..... "did not reflect the view of the bank" according to the former CEO. So why would they put anything in there that "did not reflect the view of the bank"?

.. because they also consider reputation.

Its very telling that throughout this the BBC still put lack of funds out front in their reporting of the incident - go check if you don't believe me. You would think at this stage that if that was a lie then their legal team would have stamped on it.

What about that vicar bloke ? He gets an e mail through asking for feedback on ways the bank could improve. He responded by saying 2 well i think you should take all of those pride flags down, because it might put some people off. It was constructive feedback.

Then what happened, they shut him down as well. then you get people sticking up for the banks in all this, they should be horrified.

There could be thousands of people who have had their live turned upside down for all we know.

Those defending Farage because of moral outrage seem incapable of actually acknowledging the basic facts of what has happened. If they could just do that then they might be taken a little bit more seriously rather than it all been treated as just another hobby horse to ride.

Rapidash, Do you accept that Farage initial portrayal of the situation was inaccurate?

It’s part of the whole far-right wheel house these last years, of which Farage is a typical mascot. Something new has to be Woke!! every few weeks for this whole grift to work. Otherwise GB News would run out of content within a single afternoon.

So now the banks, that profit-driven bastion of Thatcherism in the UK, are now “woke” and “thousands might lose their accounts!”…but it’s just another fictional battlefield for Farage’s sycophants to thump their chests at, while the man himself tries to deflect from his own diminishing funds and standing with people whose respect he actually wants.

It must be a tiring existence to be so constantly angry that the rest of the world are not subscribing to their particular fan club. To be so annoyed that we all don’t come out in fawning support for what amounts to a 21st Century iteration of a BNP front-man.

I've read the Coutts dossier and while there's conflicting information in it, it's clear from it that the bank had taken the decision to 'exit' Nigel Farage well before his mortgage expired. The document even said they wouldn't renew it.

Below is an excerpt from the document. Clearly the second paragraph shows that it was a decision based on reputation, i.e. his beliefs, rather than Farage meeting the required financial criteria.

A lot of people in the thread are blinded by their hatred for Farage (the hatred is understandable), but if you look at it objectively, it does look like they 'exited' him for reasons other than financial.

What that actually points to is that they were conducting a financial review triggered by his end of Morgage and that this was carried out well in advance of that happening. The Financial review would have considered all information on his account - including his risk dossier. The Mortgage end was the trigger.

Profiteering? Grifting?

It’s *fodder* my dear Eskimo. Fodder for his “Hour of Hate” from the MiniTru. Getting angry at the Woky Leftist Banks must be worth one Talking Pint….or 20. (Can’t imagine those are actual draft pints…must be from cans in a mini-fridge…a couple of 6-packs at least then!)