Farage continues account closure campaign with new web site
N
igel Farage will proceed to marketing campaign on behalf of individuals whose financial institution accounts have been shut – with a brand new web site launched to sort out de-banking.
It comes as former prime minister Liz Truss mentioned she was “appalled” on the remedy of the previous Ukip chief, whose checking account closure by Coutts sparked a disaster at its dad or mum firm NatWest.
Launching his marketing campaign, Mr Farage mentioned he needs to “fight back against the big banks that have let us down”.
The AccountClosed.org web site at present asks guests: “A major scandal is emerging – banks are unfairly closing accounts, do you think it is time to stop this?”
In a six-minute video on Twitter, now often called X, Mr Farage mentioned: “We will build together, I believe, if you engage, a very, very significant and powerful group of people.
“And Parliament will listen, ministers will listen, prime ministers and leaders of the opposition will listen.”
Mr Farage’s campaign towards NatWest has led to the resignation of chief government Dame Alison Rose and Coutts’s boss Peter Flavel, with the marketing campaign on account closures profitable the backing of ministers and Tory MPs.
Dame Alison stop after admitting being the supply of a BBC report suggesting Mr Farage fell under the monetary threshold to carry an account with high-net-worth financial institution Coutts, triggering considerations she breached confidentiality guidelines.
NatWest’s chairman Sir Howard Davies, although, has resisted stress from Mr Farage and others to stop, insisting it will be significant for the financial institution’s stability that he stays on the board.
Not having the ability to get a mortgage or open a brand new checking account… is hardly going to attract many new aspiring candidates into the pool of potential future MPs
On Friday, City minister Andrew Griffith, who led the Government response to the difficulty, mentioned Sir Howard ought to stay in submit.
Ms Truss added her voice to defenders of Mr Farage, writing in The Sunday Telegraph that “heads have rightly rolled” within the wake of the row.
She took intention at guidelines and threat checks for politically uncovered individuals, which she mentioned have made “elected representatives automatically subject to added suspicion”.
“Not being able to get a mortgage or open a new bank account… is hardly going to draw many new aspiring candidates into the pool of potential future MPs,” she wrote.