Posted on 06/30/2023 5:49:11 AM PDT by texas booster
Now you would think in the light of this that I'd be pretty happy - I mean, you know, 'news presenter of the year' award was pretty cool and a massive thanks to all of those people out there that voted for me.
The establishment were of course appalled because they in their little London bubble think that I'm incredibly unpopular.
Well in Notting Hill I might be maybe, not quite so in the rest of the country.
But actually truth is, I'm not full of the joys of spring.
I've been living with something for the last couple of months that may well fundamentally affect my future career going on from here, and whether I could even stay living in this country.
I have been with the same banking group since 1980. I've had my personal accounts with them since that date and my business accounts right through the 1990s when I worked in the city of London, and in recent years too, and with one of the subsidiaries of this big banking group - one with a very prestigious name.
But I won't name them just yet.
I got a phone call a couple of months ago to say we are closing your accounts.
I asked why - no reason was given. I was told a letter would come which would explain everything. The letter came through and simply said we are closing your accounts - we want to finish it all by a date which is around about now.
I didn't quite know what to make of it. I complained. I emailed the chairman. A Lackey phoned me to say that it was a commercial decision - which I have to say I don't believe for a single moment.
So I thought well there we are, I'll have to go and find a different bank.
I've been to six, uh no seven, banks actually and asked them all could I have a personal and a business account and the answer has been no in every single case.
There is nothing irregular or unusual about what I do - the payments that go in and come out every month are pretty much the same. I maintain in my business account quite a big positive cash balance, which I guess with interest rates where they are is pretty good for the bank too.
So why is this happening to me?
Well one explanation is this - a few years ago the European Union came up with a definition of somebody called a 'PEP' -a 'politically exposed person'.
Now this could range from anybody from a prime minister down to a local councilor. I think the reason for it was, you know, 'were people in politics open to bribery', 'could foreign governments from Ukraine or China or wherever else it may be, could they be pumping money into the, you know, the accounts of corrupt politicians'.
So I kind of understand that and get that.
But it's all about interpretation isn't it - and what the banks argue is that to maintain an account for a politically exposed person gives them increased costs of compliance.
Now I have spoken to the city minister in this country and there is some hope that this EU definition - which came into British law - may be moderated in some way, we'll will have to see.
But, of course, any bank, any organization, can choose to interpret a 'PEP' and whether they want the account in any way they choose.
To my knowledge, I don't think anybody has been treated like me in the world of politics.
But then the banks you see themselves are part of the big corporate structures in this country - these are the organizations who did not want Brexit to happen and I think in my case probably the corporate world will never ever forgive me because they know if I hadn't done what I did with the help of thousands of people in our People's Army that never would have been a referendum let alone a victory.
I'm the one that is to carry the blame.
So that's the second possible reason why I can't get a bank account - Prejudice that comes from our institutions.
But I think there's a third reason.
A few months ago in the House of Commons Sir Chris Bryant, chairman of the Privileges committee, said using parliamentary privilege that I had received large sums of money directly from the Russian government, and he named the calendar year in which it had happened.
Truth is, I didn't receive a penny from any source with even any link to Russia. And yet because he said it it stands.
I wrote to the speaker, I demanded an apology, nothing has been forthcoming from Sir Chris Brown.
Well I wonder whether that is what's given me part of the problem.
I have employed a top firm of London lawyers. I'm going through a series of subject access requests to find out what is held on me by the international agencies and by the bank that wants to close me down.
But think about it - without a bank account you effectively become a non-person. You don't actually exist. It's like the worst regimes of the mid 20th century - be they in Russia or Germany - you literally become a non-person.
And you don't anymore - you did in the past - but you don't anymore actually have a right to be entitled to a bank account.
Now there is a possibility through a fintech company that I could find some means of receiving and paying money - which could be a little bit of a Lifeline. But it's not a bank account because I won't be able to earn any interest on positive cash balances, I won't be able to borrow money if I need to at any point, or take out a mortgage should I so desire - that will be completely denied to me.
I won't be able to have a debit card linked directly to my account. I won't really be able to exist and function in a modern 21st century Britain.
So I will tell you more about this on GB news at seven o'clock tonight as to what my decision is but I'm beginning to think that perhaps life in the United Kingdom is now becoming completely unlivable because of the levels of prejudice against me. I'll give you more of my thoughts at seven o'clock tonight on GB news.
Ah, but this is the UK. Would never happen over in the good ole USA.
Will be interesting to see what he says this evening - about 1:00 CST.
So the value of changing a definition - by our overlords - is seen to be very valuable by them.
And the difference between the EU governance and the CCP is ... nothing?
It happened in Canada with the peaceful protest truckers. Justin and his evil henchwoman Christia shut down their bank accounts.
UK …hell.
How about much of Western Europe? Anyone watching the riots all over France now? Burning, destruction on a massive scale. The 3rd world immigrants are revolting and they don’t even have a majority yet.
Future is not looking good for Western Civ right now.
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Western Civ ended with WWI.
I'll probably look into Old Glory Bank this year. May be an option for Nigel as well. I understand he already knows this, but he should stay far, far away from the big banks.
Have you seen this yet?
https://www.amren.com/news/2023/06/polish-government-plans-to-accept-up-to-400000-immigrants-a-year/
Look at the countries. I guess the need is now to spoil the place.
Zlr3ady is happening in a way here. Banks refusing to work with folks who “support or buy from the wrong candidates or companies” (ie those who buy guns were being denied service and let go evidently)
“....a few years ago the European Union came up with a definition of somebody called a ‘PEP’ -a ‘politically exposed person’.”
The UK might want to get out from under the EU.
I think there is some truth to that. The dumbest war ever, it started the rot.
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1674755502515929088?s=20
“To my knowledge, I don’t think anybody has been treated like me in the world of politics.”
Hey Farage....does the name “Tommy Robinson” ring a bell? You stood by and let it happen to him. While Tommy was raising the red flag about ‘child grooming’ and rape gangs, predominantly Pakistani Muslims, you said nothing when his bank accounts were closed. You could have when you had the power to do something. You were too scared to be labeled ‘racist’. What goes around...
...reminds me of; when they came for the Jews I said nothing because I wasn’t a Jew...
One advantage we have in America is that there are 4,000 banks and hundreds of credit unions. The national franchises may impose social credit scores but a customer can merely go down the street to a locally owned bank or credit union. That is much tougher in Canada, for example, because six national financial institutions control over 90% of deposits.
“The violent unrest in France kicked off after a 17-year-old driver was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic check in the northwestern Paris suburb Nanterre on Tuesday morning. The officer has been detained on suspicion of voluntary homicide amid an ongoing investigation into the incident, according to the local prosecutor’s office.”
It’s 600, not 100 arrested.
Its already happened to gun manufacturers in the USA.
Soon the people of the U.S. of A. will be able to experience the same joy those in the U.K. are feeling. It can't happen soon enough.
“But the immigrants seem nice. “
Same here in the US too. Banking Secrecy Act, USAPATRIOT Act, all of the anti-money laundering stuff has essentially turned your bank teller into an agent of the US government.
Remember how we used to laugh at the number of East Germans working directly for or were networked with the STASI? About 30% of the population IIRC.
Any federally regulated institution that handles money or stuff close to money (like stocks) is spying on you. By law they are required to. The party of small government did that in 2002.
Q: don’t all banks and credit unions comply with the FDIC? Nigel said the PEP label came from the government and forced upon the banks through fees. Our government could do the same.
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