NatWest Staff Gloated They Had ‘Driven Nigel Farage Out of the Country’ after Debanking

THE TELEGRAPH: Former Ukip leader hits out after messages disclosed to him reveal abuse by workers who called him a 'crackpot' and an 'awful human being'

Niegal Farage has called for NatWest to reconsider the £11.3 million payout it is giving to Dame Alison Rose, the former chief executive | CREDIT: Getty
NatWest staff gloated about the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts and suggested they had “single-handedly driven him out of the country”, The Telegraph can reveal.

Workers reacted to news that the former Ukip leader had been debanked by NatWest subsidiary Coutts by saying: “Hope that knocked him down a peg or 2.”

Internal messages handed over to Mr Farage by NatWest also show that staff suggested he had “dodgy Russian connections”, and was involved in fraud. Another described him as “sketchy”

Staff also referred to him as a “crackpot” and an “awful human being”, while one said: “The money I’d have paid to have been the agent ringing him to tell him [that he had been debanked].” » | Gordon Rayner, Associate Editor | Monday, October 23, 2023

Muslim Leaders Decry ‘Double Standard’ of Farage Bank Account Closure Furore

THE GUARDIAN: Longstanding issue for community given little attention compared with closure of ex-Ukip leader’s Coutts account, says mosque chair

The furore over the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts with Coutts has led to the resignation of two chief executives and an intervention by Downing Street.

But, when nearly a decade ago, three Muslim organisations, including Finsbury Park mosque, had their HSBC bank accounts shut, there was little public acknowledgment or support.

The chair of Finsbury Park mosque, Mohammed Kozbar, has criticised this “double standard” and spoken of his frustration that British Muslims who have been struggling with this problem for the past decade have been left to do so alone. » | Aamna Mohdin and Ben Quinn | Thursday, July 27, 2023