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.
They did it in Canada to the truckers for merely protesting the government. It should be absolutely illegal to do this to anyone other than a convicted financial criminal.
There you go, e.g. Joe Biden.
And they want the citizenry helpless to defend themselves.
Wow, great memory to remember this.
I'll bet that most of the French population wish that France had not allowed unfettered immigration during the 50's and 60's.
These rioters are the (great) grandchildren of the immigrants brought in to replace the WW I and WW II deaths of the French army.
Napoleon would weep.
The beast power is already in place.
Would be interesting to chart the creep of “who can be denied” banking, credit card services etc.
First it was to catch money laundering and drug money.
Then drugs became (mostly) legal, and since politicians made money off the drug trade ...
Now the left wages war on gun dealers and “anti-LGBTQ++” but gives drug money a pass.
Is political bent the next thought crime?
the Federal banking authorities do not have the power to impose social credit scores on banks. If that were done, it would have to take a congressional authorization. The agencies do not have the scope or authority of the SEC over publicly traded institutions.
I would imagine he probably has enough Social Capital and friends that he could easily start his own bank. And he could be the Bank President... And he could insist that none of them could have an account...?
Napoleon was Corsican
I beleive its coming, especially as we enter into the last days. For now we just have to keep fighting wherever we can legally to try to prolong it as long as possible, but it’s becoming harder and harder to fight it legally as courts are now as corrupt as their master almost.
Speaking about Big Brother ...
Name the bank. Ask your supporters to withdraw their money from said bank. It’s the only way to stop them from this nonsense.
“Too big to fail” really translates into “government controlled.”
Sue the banks for trillions Farage.
He didn’t name the bank. My guess would be Barclay’s.
Much of this is true, but Nigel is quite the drama queen. Better to be a has been than a never was I guess.
Maybe he names the bank tonight ... but UK rules on free speech are much different than the US rules.
I was personally guessing HSBC, or one of their many subsidiaries.
They are looking for an excuse. There have been many, many guys in this country wrongfully killed by police and we don’t riot and burn.
If in fact you are trying to justify it you are barking up the wrong tree and your motives are dubious to me. If you are simply sharing pertinent information, thanks.
(This happened 8 miles from my house—-no one burned Corydon down)
And the Deep State got mad at Trudeau because he was supposed to save that tactic for PEP's like Farage, not give away the game by prematurely using it against people they consider to be irrelevant, neck-bearded losers.
Fascism at work.
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