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

The Guardian newspaper's wealth correspondent reported that Coutts' "reputation is at risk".

"The affair, say crisis management experts, risks “destroying Coutts’s reputation, if not its entire business”."

People in the banking industry seem to think its a big deal reputationally even as boardsies downplay it.

Of course boardsies want there to be no downside risk to ransoming people's financial access against political conformity.

However that isn't the case. Read the business papers' coverage of the reputational aspect.

Justin Doherty isn’t in the banking industry - he’s an issues management consultant(and one who loves the word woke by the looks of it).

Coutts reputation has undoubtedly taken a hit, I don’t think it’s possible to argue otherwise, but it’s hyperbolic in the extreme to suggest it will destroy its whole business.

Nigel has his account back now so in a couple of weeks it will go back to business as usual, with the majority of the outraged still unable to bank with them.

A "Reputation and issues management" consultant. Connected to the banking industy through his work, though not of it.

"and one who love the word woke"

Don't we all?

They said there is a public perception of him as a disingenuous grifter - they didn’t accuse him of being anything directly.

It’s an important distinction - what other people think of him may affect our business adversely, essentially.

And it dispels the idea that people are being targeted by their beliefs, but rather what they’re known for, and what an association with that person could mean for future business.

The wall Street journal writing about the problems when the sanctimony of the woke class gets involved in finance. They couldn't care less about Farage but are pointing out the damage it does to the business, nevermind the wrongs and abuses against the customers.

Thousands have already joined the campaign n against account closed and no explanation or reasoning.

Organize, fight back.

As the song goes..

" What they could not kill,

Went on to organize,

Went on to organize."

They know he was treated different to other existing customers who were exactly the same.

What does it matter as long as this CEO is capable, capability should have been more important before this in hiring.

Doesn't matter if he likes it or not and I don't think that he cares or that they would take that in to consideration, they surely have adults deciding such an issue.

The reason they gave him back his account is because they leaked personal info and that is overall more problematic for them at the moment. Farage's reputation as a disingenuous grifter and bigot remains intact. By your logic, if he named the 9 banks who have rejected him, they'd all accept him as a customer and if anything, they probably view him as an even more volatile customer to ever consider...

The parties in Ireland that share Farage's views don't actually get elected in Ireland. Maybe you're referring to the bigots who harass library staff or have engaged in fire bombings?