Farage sympathises with arch-Remainer Gina Miller over her personal banking saga

Nigel Farage has provided his sympathies to vehement Brexit critic Gina Miller – after she, like him, was “debanked”.

Controversy has been raging ever since Mr Farage revealed earlier this month that his account with NatWest-owned personal financial institution Coutts had been closed.

The former UKIP and Brexit Party chief subsequently obtained a file proving the choice was taken as a result of his political beliefs didn’t align with the financial institution’s values – regardless of claims on the contrary.

Earlier this week Mr Farage was provided an apology by the BBC for its protection of the difficulty, whereas each Dame Alison Rose and Peter Flavel, the CEOs of NatWest and Coutts respectively, have since resigned from their posts.

Yesterday it emerged Ms Miller, who launched two profitable authorized challenges in opposition to Brexit following the 2016 referendum, was having issues of her personal associated to her try and arrange a checking account for her True and Fair political get together two years in the past.

Finally she managed to open one with Monzo – solely to obtain an electronic mail earlier this month saying they have been closing her account, with out providing any motive. A subsequent assertion defined the choice stemmed from the financial institution’s coverage of not accepting any political events as enterprise prospects.

Referring to the 58-year-old businesswoman’s Twitter deal with, Mr Farage subsequently tweeted: “This is just plain wrong at every level. I stand with @thatginamiller.”

Mr Farage additionally revealed he had been deluged with related tales since revealing his “debanking” by Coutts.

He tweeted: “Since I told my story, I’ve been inundated with messages from others in genuine distress.

“Thousands have also suffered the indignity of being debanked. It is a national scandal.

“Tomorrow, I will launch a new campaign to defend those who have been treated badly by the big banks.”

Also talking yesterday, Ms Miller famous that Mr Farage had been provided an alternate account with NatWest and stated her case pointed to wider points.

She stated: “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 additionally raised issues over newly-elected MPs being de-banked as a result of lenders utilizing guidelines round politically uncovered individuals (PEP) in a “dysfunctional way”.

Her True and Fair Party is standing 9 candidates within the subsequent normal election, with Ms Miller working in opposition to Tory former minister Chris Grayling in Epsom, Ewell and Leatherhead.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak weighed in to say his Government was taking “tough action” to guard the free speech of banking prospects.

NatWest chief govt Dame Alison stop after each Downing Street and the Treasury expressed their “serious concerns” about her conduct after she admitted to being the supply of an incorrect BBC report on the previous Ukip chief’s funds.