Re: The Bank of Farage
 

Not at all, NatWest plc are offering him a bank account.

The train is a better fit for an analogy. You want to sit in first class but the company has decided they will only offer a standard class seat. It still gets you to the same destination. You just have to sit with the plebs.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

As usual, you are missing the point. Coutts have admitted throwing him out due to his political views. THAT is the point, which you don’t care to answer.

Just admit it and let’s move on.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

They haven’t said that at all. They’ve identified he’s a politically exposed person - something that according to his own claims has resulted in a handful of banks all rejecting him.

It suits his acolytes to continue the pretence he’s some kind of innocent victim. In reality, he’s merely been reprofiled within the NatWest portfolio of products and services.

As the forum’s leading free market capitalist, I’m aghast that you are trying to mandate one of our Great British institutions into proceeding in transactions it doesn’t want, and pushing for further red tape that can only make them less competitive against their EU competitors.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

:rolleyes:

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

Come on OB you must recognise this is the thin end of the wedge. Once they legislate for a "basic" bank account that everyone must provide, regulate the interest, the charges under the guise of "essential" what's next? Regulating the energy price? Broadband? Bringing water back into public ownership?

A dystopian nightmare.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

I'm sure the local Conservative Club would throw me out for my political views, but I wouldn't scream and scream until I was sick (even though I could), infact I wouldn't care less.

You would have thought banking with the great unwashed would fit in with the man of the people beer and fags image he tries to project anyway.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

Old Boy, Coutts have done no such thing. Asking someone else to go along with this myth is a tad hopeful. Here's a snippet from the dossier via The Times.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1689806440

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

While this may all be true, its also a bit of a dodgy road to be going down. I expect the people supporting the bank, saying they can discriminate who they do business with, are the same people who attacked a bakery for exercising their right not to do business with a gay couple.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

Coutts is finished.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

So no purpose for a bank, other than pointless virtue signalling?

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What about the "but one centred around inclusivity and Purpose" bit? In other words having "unauthorised" opinions.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

:tu:

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

tbf, the banks have form on this sort of thing…

https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...no-explanation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28553921

https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...aundering-laws

https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...omers-accounts

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In your words…

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

He always tries to portray himself as the victim.

Strange that a man who tries to portray himself as a fag and beer man is really full of bullshit and fake sincerity.

Re: The Bank of Farage
 

No idea what they mean by "Purpose" but it may be explained in the dossier.

Presumably by "inclusivity" they feel that Coutts' association with Farage may deter some people banking with them and they've decided that the potential profit from those people outweighs the potential profit from retaining Farage. That's the private banking business for you. It's not about unauthorised opinions as I'm sure banks won't be aware of most customers' opinions. But if you're a public figure who courts controversy and offends sections of the population then you may not be a good fit for a traditional private bank.