I don’t disagree but don’t you think that the “full support” statement was more likely just a public relations press release rather than actually from the Board, who probably weren’t, or even could not have all been, contacted? Feels like a knee jerk reaction rather than a considered response to me.

She rightly carries the can for this disaster. Quiet retirement to grow flowers seems her future.

LOL.

Farage is bloody good as this s***. And he is going to milk this one for all it is worth. And good luck to him. Personally, I think he perhaps should have been more supportive when others suffered a similar fate but lets take the wins when they come up.

And this is a definite win for us anti-Establishment types.

Your 4th paragraph suggests he was de banked due to his political views, no? You say it was the banks perception of what their customers opinion about Farage is, did they ask them all for their views? Of course not. How has Farages political views changed since he started banking there? Initially you were taken in by the lack of funds excuse, not true apparently.You seem to be making this into an anti-Farage thread. If the bank had no broken confidentiality he would not been able
to ‘milk” it . The total blame rests with the bank and I sincerely hope they get totally hammered for it

Edited by Spiderman (26 Jul 2023 10.06am)

Edited by Spiderman (26 Jul 2023 10.12am)

That his politics and attitudes lie at the base of this is beyond dispute. If Farage wasn’t Farage it would not have happened.

That though is not the point. It’s not those politics and attitudes themselves which have directly caused the “debanking”. They are just the indirect cause. There is the intervening level of the consideration of how other customers will perceive them, and it’s those perceptions and the impact on the bank’s reputation which are the direct cause.

That step is vitally important to understand. It changes everything.

That he has always held such views is also beside the point. The bank has, and is free to, change their’s.

That the bank has handled it badly is obvious and the fallout deserved but that doesn’t mean that Farage’s claims are true. They aren’t. He is just making political capital out of a bad mistake by the bank.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (26 Jul 2023 11.09am)

That his politics and attitudes lie at the base of this is beyond dispute. If Farage wasn’t Farage it would not have happened.

That though is not the point. It’s not those politics and attitudes themselves which have directly caused the “debanking”. They are just the indirect cause. There is the intervening level of the consideration of how other customers will perceive them, and it’s those perceptions and the impact on the bank’s reputation which are the direct cause.

That step is vitally important to understand. It changes everything.

That he has always held such views is also beside the point. The bank has, and is free to, change their’s.

That the bank has handled it badly is obvious and the fallout deserved but that doesn’t mean that Farage’s claims are true. They aren’t. He is just making political capital out of a bad mistake by the bank.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (26 Jul 2023 11.09am)

LOL.

Farage is bloody good as this s***. And he is going to milk this one for all it is worth. And good luck to him. Personally, I think he perhaps should have been more supportive when others suffered a similar fate but lets take the wins when they come up.

And this is a definite win for us anti-Establishment types.