Staff at financial institution which refused Jeremy Hunt branded Tories ‘evil’ in leaked messages

Staff on the financial institution which refused Jeremy Hunt an account branded the Conservatives “evil” and celebrated Tory election losses.

Employees at Monzo additionally mentioned senior Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg “could do the human race a favour” by leaving politics and known as Harry Potter writer JK Rowling “vile”.

The feedback, first reported by The Telegraph, had been made on Slack office boards.

Monzo insisted it’s politically impartial and that the remarks don’t characterize its views.

In a message in October 2022, one workers member wrote: “Maybe JRM could do the human race a favour and stay out of politics forever. Doubt you could replace him with anyone who is more of an archetypal Tory.”

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The identical worker described the Tories as “evil” and “ugly” the next day.

Staff additionally celebrated the Conservatives’ drubbing in May’s native elections.

In response to a meme, one mentioned: “What’s great about this gif is that the Tories have lost Maidenhead.”

Another added: “Tory losses in the local elections – we love to see ittttt.”

A 3rd workers member wrote: “I’m just gutted that my own local council didn’t have an election.”

Meanwhile, an worker mentioned in April 2022 that “the Tories are evidently swaying towards arguments put forward by terfs”.

Terf stands for trans exclusionary radical feminist and is used as an insult to gender-critical individuals who consider you can not change intercourse.

In August 2022, a member of workers mentioned “JK Rowling is a terf so grim”, whereas one other worker labelled her “vile”.

The messages revealed by a whistleblower come amid a de-banking scandal after Nigel Farage went public about Coutts shutting his account.

He later obtained paperwork displaying he was lower off partly as a result of his views didn’t align with the values of the celebrated non-public financial institution, which is owned by NatWest.

Amid the row, Mr Hunt final month revealed that he had his software for an account with Monzo rejected earlier than he was appointed Chancellor.

Banks are dealing with the prospect of widespread reforms to account closures following Mr Farage’s campaign.

The former Ukip and Brexit Party chief mentioned he was not shocked in regards to the messages by workers at Monzo.

He mentioned: “I’m afraid I’m not in the least bit surprised about this. Corporate Britain has suffered a complete takeover.”

A spokeswoman for Monzo mentioned: “Our ambition is to make money work for everyone, which means that we’re politically neutral and personal views play no part in our policies or decision making, including eligibility for a Monzo account.

“Any suggestion in any other case is categorically unfaithful.

“These cherry-picked comments are personal views of a handful of employees in informal conversations and it is wrong to portray them as the views of Monzo or our thousands of other employees.”