'What just happened in Brussels this afternoon was a disgrace,' Farage wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'For the Mayor and police to shut down a peaceful political event makes me more convinced of Brexit than ever.'
Farage ally Richard Tice applied for a business loan at financial giant Swiss Re in April 2022 and was rejected because he was seen as a 'reputational risk.'
I am joined by Frank Wright and Andreas Wailzer on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show to discuss the debanking of prominent conservatives such as Nigel Farage and what can be done about it.
Despite the reversal, Farage continues his campaign against politically motivated banking decisions while seeking to expose an agenda behind the closure of 340,000-plus accounts in 2023.
Coutts CEO Peter Flavel stepped down following backlash against the decision to close Farage’s accounts without warning, admitting to have ‘fallen below the bank’s high standards of personal service.’
'I’m hoping to build a very large database of cases to find out which banks are the worst offenders and what the commonest reasons are, so that we can prepare and present a lobby to ministers, and to Parliament, in order to achieve fundamental change.'
After having his bank accounts closed and a total of nine banks turning him away, Farage said, 'The ultimate fear is if we get CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies), we could finish up like the Canadian truckers – people who were within the law, found themselves outside the law, and had their bank accounts frozen. Controlling people’s money would be the ultimate form of tyranny.'