And that was my point Teddy.

If banks had their way probably many of us would not have accounts as we are not deemed profitable, so they look for any opportunity to close accounts or branches.

Brexit did not force banks to close the accounts of non domiciles but I expect they looked at the value of those clients and decided it was a good opportunity to get rid and blame Brexit.

One more point

Godfrey's character was a war hero, please don't stain him with a Biden comparison

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

That's fair enough.

That is not what every report I have read suggests. Some were able to find a way, others could not.

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For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I stand by what I said. The banks did not have to close the accounts that chose to do so.

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One more point

You've summed yourself up pretty well there in terms of your views on Farage.

As for Coutts, let's take a look at some of their website content.

''Coutts clients are trailblazers and pioneers, the disrupters and challengers who help to shape the fabric of UK society.
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''Wealth management for people doing things their own way. ''

They may need to get their PR people onto that.

Banks don't have opinions ? - Not so. This is a direct quote from the minutes of Coutts Wealth Management Risk Committee meeting in which it was said - ''from a meeting of the bank's Wealth Reputational Risk Committee on 17 November 2022, describing Farage as a "disingenuous grifter" who promoted "xenophobic, chauvinistic and racist views", and said his "views were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation", with "risk factors including... controversial public statements which were felt to conflict with the bank’s purpose" - That is their opinion - it does not make it fact.

As for a Bank's objectives, that's pretty simple. Provide Banking Services to the public. Achieve maximum value to its Shareholders. Ensure Controls and Governance are fit for purpose and are robust enough to mitigate Financial Crime.

The NatWest Group, in an attempt to distance themselves from the recent past, decided to go all '' cuddly '' as a Financial journalist described them in The Times at the weekend.

I have to admit that I laughed out loud when they re-branded from RBS Group to NatWest. Because I suggested they do that at a Management meeting in London a couple of days after Goodwin and Co. had brought RBS to its knees back in 2008. It was met with predictable outrage from the most delusional and arrogant people I had the misfortune to work with.

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