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Coutts VS Nigel Farage
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 Teddy Eagle  29 Jul 23 12.15am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I don’t think he is a xenophobic racist on a personal level. I think he courts xenophobic racists with his rhetoric and propaganda. So why shouldn't his children have German passports and how does the fact they do appeal to those he courts?
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Tunbridge  Tunbridge Wells 29 Jul 23 12.35am |
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If you really have to ask, then I give up! Best mates with Lebedev and Murdoch, sponsored by Russian money, such a patriot, irony is lost on you.
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| Teddy Eagle 29 Jul 23 12.48am |
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Originally posted by Tunbridge
If you really have to ask, then I give up! Best mates with Lebedev and Murdoch, sponsored by Russian money, such a patriot, irony is lost on you. Friends with a Russian and an Australian? Appalling. And not the way a patriot should act.
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| Tunbridge Tunbridge Wells 29 Jul 23 12.51am |
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Genuinely glad you appreciate that.
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 29 Jul 23 1.05am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
There is no freedom of speech argument! It’s an entirely spurious invention by Farage which unfortunately has been swallowed by those in government who ought to know better. I have little doubt that on reflection that will be quietly dropped. He is, has been and always will be able to freely express his views. That in doing so he creates controversy that is, in turn, seen by a bank to potentially be capable of damaging their reputation is a completely separate issue. The first is his right. The second is theirs. Both must be honoured but only their’s is under any threat. Ok, I’m reneging on my stated intent to leave the debate as you seemingly can’t bring yourself to accept a contrary point of view to your own. Your view is there’s “ no freedom of speech argument “ - that’s your view, not a fact. To quote the Prime Minister - Mr Sunak wrote on Twitter: “This is wrong. No one should be barred from using basic services for their political views. Free speech is the cornerstone of our democracy.” So whether you agree and like it or not, that argument exists.
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 29 Jul 23 5.09am |
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It's not really a difficult situation to grasp. A big banking firm, in an industry which prides itself on customer privacy, then publicly disclosed the reason they have closed an individual's bank account.
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cryrst  The garden of England 29 Jul 23 5.40am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Farage positions himself as a champion of the common man. He isn’t. He is a toff. A privately educated man who enjoyed a lucrative career in the city before becoming obsessed with our EU membership and turning to politics. He has repeatedly referred to “all the others” affected, without having any idea of either the numbers, or the reasons. However, many thousands of British citizens living in EU countries, had their UK bank accounts withdrawn as a direct consequence of Brexit. Something he was the primary architect of. Did he speak up for them back then? Does he mention them now? No. He is a hypocrite. Prior to Brexit he railed against the EU, and especially its Parliament whilst taking a big salary from the EU Parliament and now getting a pension from it, which is paid for from the settlement we had to agree to. Hypocrite. He also has 2 children who hold German passports. Many would say you also have an obsession with our EU membership !
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| Spiderman Horsham 29 Jul 23 6.43am |
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Originally posted by Tunbridge
If you really have to ask, then I give up! Best mates with Lebedev and Murdoch, sponsored by Russian money, such a patriot, irony is lost on you. Any links for these statements please?
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 29 Jul 23 7.10am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Excuse me for asking but what does that response have to do with the subject? You never engage in any kind of rational debate. Instead you seem obsessed with delivering insults, rather than in any kind of exchange of view. I have already given you far more attention than you deserve.
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 georgenorman 29 Jul 23 7.27am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Farage positions himself as a champion of the common man. He isn’t. He is a toff. A privately educated man who enjoyed a lucrative career in the city before becoming obsessed with our EU membership and turning to politics. He has repeatedly referred to “all the others” affected, without having any idea of either the numbers, or the reasons. However, many thousands of British citizens living in EU countries, had their UK bank accounts withdrawn as a direct consequence of Brexit. Something he was the primary architect of. Did he speak up for them back then? Does he mention them now? No. He is a hypocrite. Prior to Brexit he railed against the EU, and especially its Parliament whilst taking a big salary from the EU Parliament and now getting a pension from it, which is paid for from the settlement we had to agree to. Hypocrite. He also has 2 children who hold German passports.
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 becky over the moon 29 Jul 23 7.27am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
No reason at all, but if you listen to him pontificate on all things EU you would think he didn’t agree. Like most brexiteers, he does not have a problem with Europe, just with the EU.
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| georgenorman 29 Jul 23 7.29am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Farage positions himself as a champion of the common man. He isn’t. He is a toff. A privately educated man who enjoyed a lucrative career in the city before becoming obsessed with our EU membership and turning to politics. He has repeatedly referred to “all the others” affected, without having any idea of either the numbers, or the reasons. However, many thousands of British citizens living in EU countries, had their UK bank accounts withdrawn as a direct consequence of Brexit. Something he was the primary architect of. Did he speak up for them back then? Does he mention them now? No. He is a hypocrite. Prior to Brexit he railed against the EU, and especially its Parliament whilst taking a big salary from the EU Parliament and now getting a pension from it, which is paid for from the settlement we had to agree to. Hypocrite. He also has 2 children who hold German passports. You haven’t answered my question of how he has been hypocritical during the Couttt affair.
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