Thanks. All makes sense. I don’t though agree that Coutts are censoring Farage in any way at all. He doesn’t speak via his bank account and until this blew up no one knew he had one with Coutts. In fact their actions have provided him with a huge amount of publicity and opportunities to present himself as a victim. If this had not hit the headlines his ability to freely express himself would not have changed at all.

Thanks. All makes sense. I don’t though agree that Coutts are censoring Farage in any way at all. He doesn’t speak via his bank account and until this blew up no one knew he had one with Coutts. In fact their actions have provided him with a huge amount of publicity and opportunities to present himself as a victim. If this had not hit the headlines his ability to freely express himself would not have changed at all.

Contrition is all very well but the point is it happened.
Obviously Bashir falsifying evidence and forging documents was a complete one-off and has never happened before or since at the BBC.

It wasn't the BBC'S fault. They're not institutionally corrupt - just rogue individuals. However, the Met Police, Yorkshire Cricket Club, Cricket in general and, indeed, much of European society are Institutionally racist. Which is far more serious than making stuff up to get a bigger audience, which as you say, only happened the once and can never happen again. Copper-fastened, BBC gold-standard guarantee. BBC are not institutionally to blame for anything. They're a British institution in the true, nicer sense of the word. Unimpeachable.

Here's Nat West's climb down to Palace fan, Nigel Farage.

Edited by georgenorman (25 Jul 2023 5.23pm)