leicsmac Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 6 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said: WTF has the daft **** done now? I'm guessing something to do with payments from Russia. At least he's not drawing attention to it FYP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 21 minutes ago, leicsmac said: FYP. Come on, let's maintain at least some air of mystery! Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number of folk who are vocal about how they think he's being victimised because of his politics outnumber those that assume he's done something bad by quite a lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 You don't just have your bank accounts shut down. There's obviously more to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 10 minutes ago, Lionator said: You don't just have your bank accounts shut down. There's obviously more to it. Of course, but Farage knows he doesn't have to say what really is, just instead spin a story of "truth" that those who believe him blindly will buy into. In this digital age, that's all he needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iniesta Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 Banks cannot exile one of the country’s most prominent political voices. It is not in the remit of banks to decide who can and who cannot operate in this country. Is having a bank account not a fundamental human right? Sovereign is he who decides on the exception… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 1 minute ago, iniesta said: Banks cannot exile one of the country’s most prominent political voices. It is not in the remit of banks to decide who can and who cannot operate in this country. Is having a bank account not a fundamental human right? Sovereign is he who decides on the exception… More than likely Farage is lying so that he can make his merry men think that the world is against them. Putin, Trump etc they’re all at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lionator Posted 29 June 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 29 June 2023 I think all of us can agree that unmitigated open border to asylum seekers is untenable, especially from countries like Albania who are not at war. However we can also agree that performative expensive nonsense like sending people to a deprived third country with a terrible human rights record is not the solution. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zear0 Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 20 minutes ago, iniesta said: Banks cannot exile one of the country’s most prominent political voices. It is not in the remit of banks to decide who can and who cannot operate in this country. Is having a bank account not a fundamental human right? Sovereign is he who decides on the exception… No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 Sure certain papers and media outlets will be all over this! https://news.sky.com/story/royal-air-force-unlawfully-discriminated-against-white-male-recruits-in-bid-to-boost-diversity-inquiry-finds-12911888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 5 hours ago, Bellend Sebastian said: WTF has the daft **** done now? I'm guessing something to do with payments from countries we're not supposed to be doing business with. At least he's not drawing attention to it It’s clearly Pt.1 of a new grift. Expect him to be selling monkey pictures for a legal fund to the brainless very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 29 June 2023 Share Posted 29 June 2023 18 minutes ago, Daggers said: It’s clearly Pt.1 of a new grift. Expect him to be selling monkey pictures for a legal fund to the brainless very soon. The dodgy financial adviser persona really works on people doesn't it? Incredible really 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 Next step: "Political prisoner" and "#FreeNige". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 As an aside, another example of why this digital age is manna from heaven for the grifter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 9 hours ago, Lionator said: You don't just have your bank accounts shut down. There's obviously more to it. Banks can choose who they have as customers, and often choose not to have a customer who they perhaps don't like politically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 8 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: Banks can choose who they have as customers, and often choose not to have a customer who they perhaps don't like politically. Multiple banks at the same time? That then begs the question as to why do this now, and not last week or next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, leicsmac said: Multiple banks at the same time? That then begs the question as to why do this now, and not last week or next month. Well no, he was told his accounts would be closed by one bank (Coutts by the sounds of it) and then has applied to other high street banks who declined him an account due to their PEP policies. I am sure there is a private bank out there who will welcome his business. Banks often close accounts - especially for people who live overseas. My wife had her Natwest account closed due to lack of activity. Presumably they also review customers who are political to see if they want to be associated with them. Edited 30 June 2023 by Jon the Hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 1 minute ago, Jon the Hat said: Well no, he was told his accounts would be closed by one bank (Coutts by the sounds of it) and then has applied to other high street banks who declined him an account due to their PEP policies. I am sure there is a private bank out there who will welcome his business. Then it sounds like there is a good reason for the banks to refuse him service and this is about preventing him the opportunity to launder dodgy cash, rather than any political motive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 Just now, leicsmac said: Then it sounds like there is a good reason for the banks to refuse him service and this is about preventing him the opportunity to launder dodgy cash, rather than any political motive. PEP is literally about political motive. They don't like his politics and choose not to be associated with him. Their choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 3 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: PEP is literally about political motive. They don't like his politics and choose not to be associated with him. Their choice. https://www.newbanking.com/articles/pep/ A PEP (Politically Exposed Person) is an individual who has a high-ranking job in a government or some other type of political position. In other words, it’s a person who possesses a certain form of political and institutional power. Because of that power they’re considered high risk in relation to money-laundering, blackmail, bribery and other types of corruption – both voluntary and involuntary. I don't see how this is to do with his personal politics, instead more about preventing corruption. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post urban.spaceman Posted 30 June 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 June 2023 (edited) First they came for Nigel Farage, but I did not speak out, for I was not Nigel Farage. Instead I held the door open and pointed at Nigel Farage. Edited 30 June 2023 by urban.spaceman 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 4 hours ago, Jon the Hat said: Well no, he was told his accounts would be closed by one bank (Coutts by the sounds of it) and then has applied to other high street banks who declined him an account due to their PEP policies. I am sure there is a private bank out there who will welcome his business. Banks often close accounts - especially for people who live overseas. My wife had her Natwest account closed due to lack of activity. Presumably they also review customers who are political to see if they want to be associated with them. But surely it’s a private matter? And while Farage is not a palatable person, he’s hardly bad enough for them to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 42 minutes ago, Lionator said: But surely it’s a private matter? And while Farage is not a palatable person, he’s hardly bad enough for them to do that. I suspect they know stuff we don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 5 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said: I suspect they know stuff we don't... Fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 30 June 2023 Share Posted 30 June 2023 20 hours ago, Daggers said: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Maybe because he takes money from Russia Today and other sanctioned people. The fact we've let an enemy directly interfere in our politics and government is a stain on this country's history that's as big 1066. Yet because it involves people life Boris and farage we're ok with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daggers Posted 30 June 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 June 2023 Funny how the “It’s their business they can do what they like” crowd support the idea of landlords popping gollywogs up in a pub but not support banks removing accounts from shady Russian puppets. Odd that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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