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Unfortunately that's what happens when you drop in phrase/words but refuse to explain exactly what you mean or take a view on them. It's dishonest trolling.
Remember EV fires?
What did they say to the BBC that was defamatory?
You got to admire the twister wants to engage in meaningful conversation. What part of burning your bridges do you fail to understand.
EV fires happening all over, be safe carry a fire extinguisher at all times.
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It is clear you either haven't got a clue what you are on about or are being deliberately obtuse. Either way it's trolling.
I must have missed that. Why does it impact 15 minute cities particularly though?
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I'm sure you read it already. "account not being closed for political reasons, but because he fell below the wealth limit".
Nigel Farage bank account shut for falling below wealth limit, source tells BBC
Nigel Farage's account with the bank Coutts is not being closed for political reasons, the BBC is told.
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and this led to
Nigel Farage: BBC apologises to Farage over account closure story
The BBC says sorry to Nigel Farage over its report about the closure of his account at private bank Coutts.
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Why did NatWest's CEO have to step aside?
The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins answers key questions about Dame Alison Rose's resignation.
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etc etc.
Key points from Coutts' dossier on Nigel Farage
The 40-page document reveals all of the evidence Coutts accumulated about Nigel Farage to feed back to its Wealth Reputational Risk Committee. They decided that his mortgage, professional and personal accounts would be "exited" from July 2023.
Peter Flavel Coutts departure: A sad end to a rather distinguished career
Mr Flavel modernised Coutts, attracting a new clientele and giving the headquarters the feel of a boutique hotel, Sky's Ian King writes.
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Was it correct or not?
The BBC think it was "inaccurate and misleading" - that says they are going with not
Alison Rose, quite because of it and also the "grave error of judgement" she made in disclosing his confidential information. (separate legal wrong already discussed).
So...
Something said about a person that is inaccurate and misleading, which causes them significant damage (that is the legal definition of damage btw). Is defamatory unless, any of the statutory exemptions apply, You are welcome to read the defamation act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/26
to see if any do and post why you think so. (you wont).
Since Nige' has also not been engaged in any small petty con jobs. It is also defamatory to call him a Grifter as well as half the other cr@p they said.
The BBC think it was "inaccurate and misleading" - that says they are going with not
Alison Rose, quite because of it and also the "grave error of judgement" she made in disclosing his confidential information. (separate legal wrong already discussed).
So...
Something said about a person that is inaccurate and misleading, which causes them significant damage (that is the legal definition of damage btw). Is defamatory unless, any of the statutory exemptions apply, You are welcome to read the defamation act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/26
to see if any do and post why you think so. (you wont).
Since Nige' has also not been engaged in any small petty con jobs. It is also defamatory to call him a Grifter as well as half the other cr@p they said.
My first question is, do you consider it to be defamatory?
Only if you do is there any need to probe further.
Do you?
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Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
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Millionaire insurance tycoon Arron Banks spent close to half a million pounds funding Nigel Farage, who is now the Brexit Party leader.
Mr Banks is currently under investigation by the National Crime Agency over the source of his funding for the Brexit campaign.
Bre*it. That was a con-job if ever there was one. He played a part in that.
Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
Millionaire insurance tycoon Arron Banks spent close to half a million pounds funding Nigel Farage, who is now the Brexit Party leader.
Mr Banks is currently under investigation by the National Crime Agency over the source of his funding for the Brexit campaign.
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Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has warned that “we don’t have a functioning democracy” if new political parties cannot access banking services after she was told her own party’s account would be shut.
The Government and financial services watchdog must step in and ensure new parties and MPs can access banking to be able to operate, she said.
Ms Miller said it is a “bigger issue” than the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account, which led to a row resulting in the resignations of the top bosses at NatWest and Coutts.
Ms Miller, who came to prominence bringing legal cases over Brexit, was informed earlier this month by Monzo that her True and Fair Party’s account would close in September.
She was told in a message on the bank’s app but was given no explanation.
Monzo has now said it does not accept any political parties and that the account was opened erroneously as it was not categorised as such in the application.
Nine banks had turned down the True and Fair Party before it got the account with Monzo in November 2021, according to Ms Miller.
She told the PA news agency: “That is the bigger issue, the fact that as a new insurgent political party you have no access to banking services, which is extraordinary in a democracy.”
The party has now found a small institution to bank with, but Ms Miller fears “what if they turn around in future and say ‘well actually we’ve decided for no reason that because you’re a political party, you can’t have a bank account’?”
“I think the Government and the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) have got to step in straightaway because if this happened – we lose our account in September for Monzo, and then another bank or our new provider decides that they will use this same rule saying ‘oh well we don’t accept political parties’ – then we in effect won’t exist.
“We wouldn’t be able to operate because we wouldn’t have any access to any banking services.”
Concerns over de-banking have mounted after Mr Farage said his account with Coutts was shut down because it disagreed with his political views.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak weighed in to say his Government was taking “tough action” to protect the free speech of banking customers.
NatWest chief executive Dame Alison Rose stepped down this week after both Downing Street and the Treasury expressed their “serious concerns” about her conduct after she admitted to being the source of an incorrect BBC report on the former Ukip leader’s finances.
Ms Miller noted that Mr Farage had been offered an alternative account with NatWest and said her case pointed to wider issues.
She said: “What I’m saying is actually even bigger than that, which is how can we have a proper functioning democracy if we can’t have new parties or new elected people.”
She also raised concerns over newly-elected MPs being de-banked due to lenders using rules around politically exposed persons (PEP) in a “dysfunctional way”.
Her True and Fair Party is standing nine candidates in the next general election, with Ms Miller running against Tory former minister Chris Grayling in Epsom, Ewell and Leatherhead.
The financial regulator is currently looking into whether PEP rules, over anyone considered to be higher risk because of their political connection, are applied too rigorously by banks amid concerns many British politicians are denied accounts.
A spokeswoman for Monzo said: “Like lots of banks, we do not accept any political parties as Monzo Business customers in the same way that we don’t currently accept trusts, clubs and a range of other organisations.
“In this case, the account wasn’t originally categorised as a political party.
“After this was identified and corrected, the customer was given notice that the account would be closed.
“We recognise that this experience will have been frustrating for the customer and we’re sorry for that.”
There is no suggestion Monzo factored Ms Miller’s political views into its decision.
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