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Coutts VS Nigel Farage
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 Matov  26 Jul 23 1.59pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
LOL Coutts decide to kick out loud mouth politician who made his career out using the media tp further his agenda. Did they seriously think he would go meekly? Very little of it makes much sense. Farage never made any kind of song and dance about banking with Coutts before this and even this 'political risk' malarkey holds little water really. Apparently the report he got via his SARS request listed stuff like 'liking a tweet by Ricky Gervais' and meeting with Novak Djokovic. Beyond daft. Plus they must have known he could get access to this via as SAR request (I have it on first-hand authority now that Nat West has forbidden its staff from mentioning Farages name in any kind of electronic/written communication because of fear of further SAR requests). Meaning they were either very, very stupid or else just had been given the nodd there would be no consequences. Nat West are in meltdown at the moment. And we own 39% of them so no point in even cheering that on. Now I LOVE a good conspiracy theory and will happily speculate on all kinds of nefarious motives for all kinds but on this, am rapidly having to concede it is most likely down to hubristic stupidity on a scale that seems epidemic amongst our so called 'elites' these days
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 georgenorman 26 Jul 23 2.24pm |
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Excellent summary of this affair by Andrew Lawrence.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Jul 23 2.36pm |
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That was a waste of time! You have a very odd idea of the meaning of excellent. It's a cheaply made video by a third-rate comedian, spouting the garbage he has swallowed from Farage. There's nothing new or worthwhile there at all. The assertions he makes are either all well-known, irrelevant, or untrue.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Jul 23 2.44pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
The ravings of a delusional. It is quite clear what has happened here, and the entire board of this bank has to resign. You think democracy and freedom of speech is not in the public interest?
This comment demonstrates just how effective Farage is at spreading his odious propaganda. It never ceases to amaze me how easily people fall for it. As Farage is clearly demonstrating every hour or every day at the moment the last thing this has done has impacted his freedom of speech. Nor anyone's democratic rights. He has used the stupidity of a bank's handling of a delicate decision to spread untrue ideas into the minds of those who are willing believers of conspiracy theories.
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| georgenorman 26 Jul 23 2.47pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
That was a waste of time! You have a very odd idea of the meaning of excellent. It's a cheaply made video by a third-rate comedian, spouting the garbage he has swallowed from Farage. There's nothing new or worthwhile there at all. The assertions he makes are either all well-known, irrelevant, or untrue. Which assertions are untrue?
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 26 Jul 23 2.48pm |
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Originally posted by Matov
Very little of it makes much sense. Farage never made any kind of song and dance about banking with Coutts before this and even this 'political risk' malarkey holds little water really. Apparently the report he got via his SARS request listed stuff like 'liking a tweet by Ricky Gervais' and meeting with Novak Djokovic. Beyond daft. Plus they must have known he could get access to this via as SAR request (I have it on first-hand authority now that Nat West has forbidden its staff from mentioning Farages name in any kind of electronic/written communication because of fear of further SAR requests). Meaning they were either very, very stupid or else just had been given the nodd there would be no consequences. Nat West are in meltdown at the moment. And we own 39% of them so no point in even cheering that on. Now I LOVE a good conspiracy theory and will happily speculate on all kinds of nefarious motives for all kinds but on this, am rapidly having to concede it is most likely down to hubristic stupidity on a scale that seems epidemic amongst our so called 'elites' these days It’s actually a ‘ DSAR ‘ that NF made. A ‘ SAR’ ( Suspicious Activity Report ) is actually a report made by banks to the authorities on suspected Financial Crime Activity . Yours Pendantically etc etc Edited by NEILLO (26 Jul 2023 2.48pm)
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Jul 23 2.50pm |
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Originally posted by HKOwen
You are not actually thinking this is possible surely. If you think that in this matter the board would let some PR person issue a statement on their behalf without being consulted you really have no grasp of the corporate world despite all your supposed business experience. Unlikely to be just a "PR person". More likely an agency, doing it in a rush with the approval of the Chairman to try to steady the ship. I don't know any better than anyone else and am just speculating but I bet not all the board are easily contactable at a moment's notice and action was deemed imperative.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 26 Jul 23 2.52pm |
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Originally posted by georgenorman
Which assertions are untrue? I am not going to listen to that drivel again to specify them. Once was more than enough. You can believe they are all true if that makes you happy.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 26 Jul 23 2.53pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
This comment demonstrates just how effective Farage is at spreading his odious propaganda. It never ceases to amaze me how easily people fall for it. As Farage is clearly demonstrating every hour or every day at the moment the last thing this has done has impacted his freedom of speech. Nor anyone's democratic rights. He has used the stupidity of a bank's handling of a delicate decision to spread untrue ideas into the minds of those who are willing believers of conspiracy theories. Spin spin spin. You must be getting dizzy.
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| Spiderman Horsham 26 Jul 23 2.53pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
This comment demonstrates just how effective Farage is at spreading his odious propaganda. It never ceases to amaze me how easily people fall for it. As Farage is clearly demonstrating every hour or every day at the moment the last thing this has done has impacted his freedom of speech. Nor anyone's democratic rights. He has used the stupidity of a bank's handling of a delicate decision to spread untrue ideas into the minds of those who are willing believers of conspiracy theories. I think this post establishes that your hatred of Farage is outweighing any clear thinking on the issue at hand. What untruths has he spread?
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| Badger11 Beckenham 26 Jul 23 2.56pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Unlikely to be just a "PR person". More likely an agency, doing it in a rush with the approval of the Chairman to try to steady the ship. I don't know any better than anyone else and am just speculating but I bet not all the board are easily contactable at a moment's notice and action was deemed imperative. You ignored my post from the BBC, the Chairman issued that statement. Are you now saying that PR firms issue statements on behalf of clients without their approval. If you are correct and I was a board member I would be livid that something was issued in my name with out any consultation and I would go public. Until proven otherwise I am taken the Chairman's statement at face value that yesterday the board fully supported the CEO until latter in the day when err it didn't. As for contacting the board I believe there is a thing called the telephone. Edited by Badger11 (26 Jul 2023 2.57pm)
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| Matov 26 Jul 23 3.00pm |
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Originally posted by NEILLO
It’s actually a ‘ DSAR ‘ that NF made. A ‘ SAR’ ( Suspicious Activity Report ) is actually a report made by banks to the authorities on suspected Financial Crime Activity . Yours Pendantically etc etc Edited by NEILLO (26 Jul 2023 2.48pm) Always happy to be corrected. I have worked in an environment in which SAR was used for Subject Access Report but it was not financial.
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