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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
There's enough banks in this country for someone to find another one if their current bank feels that it will suffer reputational damage by having an outspoken individual as a customer.
And why single out private banks? Why not every supplier of goods and services in the country? Let's strangle British business with more red tape!
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I don't think businesses should be allowed to withdraw service for reasons based on race, religious, politics, or sexuality apart from extreme or specific examples.
Farage isn't exactly beyond the pale. We're not demanding that the KKK are given a bank account for example.
The only possible caveat here is that private banking is more tailored and personal. It's basically a private club you can be invited into. So any law enforcing people's accounts that aren't withdrawn/not issued based on politics might exempt them anyway.