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The meno wasn't leaked, he did a date request and they supplied it
don't know who agreed the lie that Farage was rejected for not having enough money,
This was commentators jumping to conclusions, he was told he was let go for commercial reasons, the CEO confirmed at the dinner he was let go for commercial reason's as farage had already put that out there. The memo confirms the decision to close his account was due to commercial reasons. Commentators incorrectly assumed the commercial reason related to him not having sufficient money.
At no point was he debanked as he was offered alternative options within the group.
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Hmmn...
The laughter did not last. Just over a fortnight later, Farage released a 40-page dossier obtained from Coutts via a subject access request, which allows account holders to demand to see information held about them. In it, the bank’s staff said that while Farage was “professional in his dealing with us”, he was seen at worst by the public as “xenophobic and racist” and was “considered by many to be a disingenuous grifter”. Although there was “clearly a risk of negative publicity” in getting rid of him as a customer, Coutts concluded that his views “were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation”. The bank put him on “a glide path to exiting”.
From the Times.
hurricane_run
Weak. It was obviously such a hot potato that nobody should have given an interview. The only safe thing to do was a written statement approved by the board. But there's a lot more to come out. We don't know who agreed the lie that Farage was rejected for not having enough money, or who decided his politics were a reputational risk, or whether this policy was applied to other customers, or who leaked the memo to Farage. What a nightmare. Hard to believe that Flavel and Rose are the only ones at fault. What about Davies? He must have known about the reputational risk policy. Maybe the person who leaked the memo stands to gain by moving into one of the vacated posts. Maybe this person is a rabid Ukipper. Lots of the super rich are Brexiters. You'd think Coutts would be the perfect home for Farridge.