Nigel Farage

Bluesince1979 said:
Whos supported him ? Not anyone ive seen on here

But whats also cringeworthy as fuck is people agreeing with what coutts have done and think its ok.

He is an odious **** but you know, surely as a society we are better than that?
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Depends which bit really. I think it’s entirely wrong they spoke to the bbc about it and people were right to resign for it. I don’t have an issue at all with them closing his account. Had they not offered him a NatWest one then I would have been in agreement with Farage.
 
Gina Millar and her pro EU party have also had account withdrawn due to politics it would seem by Monzo.

It’s just wrong, her politics are her own business.
 
blueinsa said:
Gina Millar and her pro EU party have also had account withdrawn due to politics it would seem by Monzo.

It’s just wrong, her politics are her own business.
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Yes. I have more of an issue with that one than the Coutts one.
 
blueinsa said:
They are both equally wrong.
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If NatWest had denied Farage an account I’d agree. Everybody has a right to a bank account, both individuals and political parties. I’m less bothered about private banks who have an eligibility criteria anyway though, that’s just a world where personally I think they can all sod off.
 
www.bbc.com

Gina Miller's political party bank account to be closed

Monzo initially refused to tell the anti-Brexit campaigner why the account was being shut down.
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A spokeswoman for the bank said: "Like lots of banks, we do not accept any political parties as Monzo Business customers in the same way that we don't currently accept trusts, clubs and a range of other organisations.
"In this case, the account wasn't originally categorised as a political party.
"After this was identified and corrected, the customer was given notice that the account would be closed. We recognise that this experience will have been frustrating for the customer and we're sorry for that."
 
blueinsa said:
Gina Millar and her pro EU party have also had account withdrawn due to politics it would seem by Monzo.

It’s just wrong, her politics are her own business.
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No it’s not. This is the very first paragraph of their terms and conditions. She obviously didn’t read them and the account was opened in error.

These legal terms are between you and Monzo Bank Limited (Monzo/us/we) and you agree to them by using the Monzo app. Your Monzo account is a personal UK current account and you mustn’t use it for business purposes. You must be a UK resident to have a Monzo account.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
No it’s not. This is the very first paragraph of their terms and conditions. She obviously didn’t read them and the account was opened in error.

These legal terms are between you and Monzo Bank Limited (Monzo/us/we) and you agree to them by using the Monzo app. Your Monzo account is a personal UK current account and you mustn’t use it for business purposes. You must be a UK resident to have a Monzo account.
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They do business accounts.
 
Mr Kobayashi said:
Yes they do. But political parties are not eligible for their business accounts.
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So they now say after opening it originally.

9 banks have previously turned her and her party away.

Why?

I doubt the Tory, Labour and Lib Dem parties have any trouble finding bank accounts.
 
blueinsa said:
So they now say after opening it originally.

9 banks have previously turned her and her party away.

Why?

I doubt the Tory, Labour and Lib Dem parties have any trouble finding bank accounts.
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Apart from the Tories, are any of those parties organisations setup to grift from?

She's also run foul of charity law before.
 
meltonblue said:
Depends which bit really. I think it’s entirely wrong they spoke to the bbc about it and people were right to resign for it. I don’t have an issue at all with them closing his account. Had they not offered him a NatWest one then I would have been in agreement with Farage.
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Im playing devils advocate really here but …

If the reason was funds not meeting the minimum requirement then yes fine , thems the rules.

If it was for his political beliefs then no . bad.
Hes hardly oswald moselely is he. Just a bit of a knob.
Who decides whats good/bad?

I dunno. It just doeant sit easy with me, i know they offered him another account but the cancel culture is a dangerous road to go down in my opinion.
 
blueinsa said:
I admire your ability to dig in and defend hopeless positions I really do.
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The launch of that party was attended by thirteen people.

She's shut down a charity that's only activity was handing money to other charities.

Why bother running a supposedly serious political party with no prospect of winning any seats and no future?

She doesn't exactly have niche or fringe views and she isn't a fool.

It's either ego, grift or both.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Im playing devils advocate really here but …

If the reason was funds not meeting the minimum requirement then yes fine , thems the rules.

If it was for his political beliefs then no . bad.
Hes hardly oswald moselely is he. Just a bit of a knob.
Who decides whats good/bad?

I dunno. It just doeant sit easy with me, i know they offered him another account but the cancel culture is a dangerous road to go down in my opinion.
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If he still had the money, then I’d agree with you. Once he fell below that threshold, then I’ve not got an issue with Coutts then making a decision on whether they want him to continue as a customer or not, as long as an alternative offer is made so he’s still able to get banking services somewhere.

It’s the workings of private banks for elite individuals that have huge amounts of wealth though, I have little interest in any of it - the main bits of the story to me are Farage has essentially proved them right in terms of their risk profile of him given his reaction to all of it and it shows banking with someone like Coutts doesn’t mean people are getting competence - how they’ve handled it all since has been appalling and the resignations were absolutely the right things to do.

On your principle though. like I said earlier in the thread, normal banking that should be accessible to everyone, so had they not offered him a NatWest account then yes I’d completely agree.
 
meltonblue said:
If he still had the money, then I’d agree with you. Once he fell below that threshold, then I’ve not got an issue with Coutts then making a decision on whether they want him to continue as a customer or not, as long as an alternative offer is made so he’s still able to get banking services somewhere.

It’s the workings of private banks for elite individuals that have huge amounts of wealth though, I have little interest in any of it - the main bits of the story to me are Farage has essentially proved them right in terms of their risk profile of him given his reaction to all of it and it shows banking with someone like Coutts doesn’t mean people are getting competence - how they’ve handled it all since has been appalling and the resignations were absolutely the right things to do.

On your principle though. like I said earlier in the thread, normal banking that should be accessible to everyone, so had they not offered him a NatWest account then yes I’d completely agree.
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A mucky murky thing thats happened with all concerned
 
Farage is a disruptor pure and simple - he and his buddies see this as a wedge issue to further bring the establishment of the country he says he loves down. He is a patriot - patriotically acting for his Mother Russia.
 
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