Posted on 07/05/2023 10:06:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There will always be an England, goes the saying. But will there? If what’s happening to former party leader and Brexit champion Nigel Farage is any indication, that charming old axiom may have reached its sell-by date.
In an editorial entitled “After my banking travails, I fear Britain is lost,” Farage tells a hair-raising tale of institutionalized political bigotry and discrimination. It combines the kind of systemic abuse once associated with Soviet rule but now sadly common in the United States with the sort of social credit tyranny one sees in China.
“…We are living through the politicisation of our corporate sector. Woe betide you if you do not conform with its worldview,” writes Farage. “This was brought home to me when I was recently told by my bank [since 1980] that it is closing all my accounts without explanation. It is impossible to function without a bank account. It should alarm everybody that a bank has the power to punish those it considers to have erred or strayed.”
He goes on to detail his financial ostracization as bank after bank refused to accept his business, and he gives examples of other politicians — always conservative — to whom it has also happened. Not only are these victims “unpersoned” and rendered unable to conduct business or even function in society, but they also face psychological extortion from vast, faceless institutions as their family members suffer the same fate. Basically, the banks tell the target, “Step down from politics or the kid gets it.”
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But these powerful financial corporations still require a fig leaf to justify their abuse for PR purposes, and this is provided by a legislative or executive body.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
FASCISM!
Closer to Communism.
I just wonder whether he could open an account in an American bank. My primary bank (USAA) is in Texas and I never have to go there to bank successfully. Just curious about British laws in this regard.
I was wondering about that too.
This is already happening in our own country, but usually not with such high profile people as Farage.
I would recommend Switzerland but they are under the thumb of the EU, which despises anything Brexit related.
Maybe Trump Jr. can help him convert some of the money into Bitcoin, then deposit it or convert into property.
Go do some reading on this. He has access to bank accounts but just lost his privileged elite bank accounts. Now he gets to bank like the commoners. Oh, the horror. /s
He should consider trying AMEX. Would be interesting to see how that plays out.
Yes, AMEX now offers conventional banking services.
Trudeau did it in Canada.
We’ve done it here with go fund me and the Trucker protest.
It’s not hyperbole to say totalitarianism is happening.
Look at arrests of Trump and Borsolano after both being cheated by election fraud.
Peter Navarro, Steve Bannon, Miles Guo. They’re arrested political opponents.
And how many unnamed everyday people who exercised their constitutional rights by protesting in DC and at the Capitol.
It’s dark and dire.
Will Farage be arrested? I wouldn’t be surprised.
Ehh. Fascism is just socialism using a thin veneer of capitalism to be the fall guy when economic policies result in bad numbers. Otherwise govt takes the praise when things appear to be well.
What do they think he is, a Jew or something?
A very public foretaste of the coming Beast system...
I sugest u too do some reading.......He is not the only person to have this happen to and they are all on the ‘right’.....look what has happened to Tommy Robinson ....
USAA is for vets only as far as I know, so at least on that level he couldn’t get an account there. Surely he must have other options. Ireland? Shouldn’t be a problem for him to get an account there because all Brits can live and work there without a visa or residency.
I would be good to have a non-government currency with decentralized transaction processing, immutable, non-censorable, non-permissioned transactions, and near-instant transfers of value.
And what is your point? He shouldn’t be losing ANY bank accounts. You’re falling right into the leftist trap of letting the dictator do whatever they want to someone else because you envy their wealth. That’s the old “stick it to the rich guy because he’s not me” poison that destroys countries, such as what happened to Venezuela. They wanted to punish the “rich” and now they’re all eating out of dumpsters as a result.
This is why they want to move to an entirely electronic money system.
Don’t let them, folks. Use cash. Stop using credit cards. You may get 1.5% back but you will lose your freedom.
No. He lost his REGULAR bank account at a REGULAR bank. He has also been denied REGULAR bank accounts at a number of other banks....nine at last count.
At least we’ve gotten past the point of repeating the BS claim that he was paid by Russia.
Farage, Trump in the UK
Definitely Orwellian.
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