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Post by Montegriffo on Jul 26, 2023 11:53:41 GMT
Monte, you're entitled to your opinion, but I respectfully disagree. This is what his racist poster was based on.
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Post by Orac on Jul 26, 2023 12:01:12 GMT
He's calling the frauds who flooded into Europe, parasites? Okay.
What has that opinion got to do with his bank?
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Post by om15 on Jul 26, 2023 12:06:10 GMT
Whatever your views of Nigel Farage, it is undeniable that in this particular instance he is in the right. The banks are behaving illegally by discrimination against people, they have lied, riven with self interest and think they are too big to fail, we shall see, Nigel is winning easily so far.
From the DT today.
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Post by Montegriffo on Jul 26, 2023 12:06:50 GMT
He's calling the frauds who flooded into Europe, parasites? Okay. What has that opinion got to do with his bank? I guess they thought that having a known racist recycling Nazi propaganda in their millionaire's club might damage their reputation.
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Post by Einhorn on Jul 26, 2023 12:08:13 GMT
He's calling the frauds who flooded into Europe, parasites? Okay. What has that opinion got to do with his bank? The bank didn't terminate his account because they're woke. It was a commercial decision. They trade on their image as an exclusive bank. They didn't want to be associated with Farage for commercial reasons, not political reasons. They were concerned about his public perception, noting that he was perceived as a 'disingenuous grifter'. Anyone who supports a deregulated Singapore-on-Thames will appreciate the bank's position. They perceived reputational damage and resulting commercial damage. Farage, of all people, should understand their position.
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Post by Vinny on Jul 26, 2023 12:09:29 GMT
No it isn't.
And the very simple truth is we cannot take in everyone who wants asylum. We cannot even take in all the refugees from the Ukraine war.
The policies and practices of the EU however have made matters worse. Opening job centres in Africa didn't help.
Not much is being done about smuggler networks and the death toll at sea and on land is shocking.
There have also been terrorist attacks.
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Post by Einhorn on Jul 26, 2023 12:09:31 GMT
Whatever your views of Nigel Farage, it is undeniable that in this particular instance he is in the right. T The bank didn't lie when they said he was popularly perceived as a 'disingenuous grifter'.
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Post by Orac on Jul 26, 2023 12:12:37 GMT
He's calling the frauds who flooded into Europe, parasites? Okay. What has that opinion got to do with his bank? I guess they thought that having a known racist recycling Nazi propaganda in their millionaire's club might damage their reputation. Or by extension holding any political position you might disagree with - ergo, you approve of banks targeting people you disagree with.
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Post by Fairsociety on Jul 26, 2023 12:17:35 GMT
Can you give any reason why Mr Farage might have brought Coutts into disrepute? In any event they seem to be bringing themselves into disrepute without any assistance from Mr Farage don't you think? According to Coutts' internal correspondence, the manfrog is popularly perceived as a 'disingenuous grifter'. That's not the kind of image an 'exclusive' bank wants. I don't care for Coutts or the manfrog. Hopefully, they'll destroy each other. Reassuring for customers of Coutts knowing they refer to customers a disingenuous grifters, I wonder if Prince Harry has account with them, and many more millionaire grifters, seems they aren't just picking and choosing people based on their political preference they've also decided to judge customers on a personal basis.
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Post by Orac on Jul 26, 2023 12:18:49 GMT
He's calling the frauds who flooded into Europe, parasites? Okay. What has that opinion got to do with his bank? The bank didn't terminate his account because they're woke. I'm replying to Monte and his position. You lefties need to decide between you which side you are on. You are either in favour of state regulated monopolies being able to stamp directly on the faces of their captive populations, or you aren't.
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Post by Einhorn on Jul 26, 2023 12:23:30 GMT
I guess they thought that having a known racist recycling Nazi propaganda in their millionaire's club might damage their reputation. Or by extension holding any political position you might disagree with - ergo, you approve of banks targeting people you disagree with. No. I approve of fate intervening and showing the manfrog the consequences of the sort of unbridled corporate self-interest he and the Right have always supported (until it came back and bit them on the ass). He and the Right want more deregulation. The outcome of this, if Farage's toadies are to be believed, is more regulation. Well done, Farage!
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Post by Montegriffo on Jul 26, 2023 12:23:50 GMT
The man deserves a Knighthood. He's a Putin enabler. He refused to back EU Russia anti-propaganda measures while in the EU parliament. This was at a time when Putin was murdering people on British streets. In another time, Farage would have ended his life on a gallows. If Hobo Nige posted here in the Ukraine section he would be permanently banned if the treatment of Provox and Sword is anything to go by.
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Post by Einhorn on Jul 26, 2023 12:27:13 GMT
The bank didn't terminate his account because they're woke. I'm replying to Monte and his position. You lefties need to decide between you which side you are on. You are either in favour of state regulated monopolies being able to stamp directly on the faces of their captive populations, or you aren't. I'm in favour of the manfrog experiencing the full effects of the sort of deregulation he and the Right support. Turns out, they're turning cartwheels now because the Government is talking about introducing more regulation.
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Post by Orac on Jul 26, 2023 12:27:34 GMT
Or by extension holding any political position you might disagree with - ergo, you approve of banks targeting people you disagree with. No. I approve of fate intervening and showing the manfrog the consequences of the sort of unbridled corporate self-interest he and the Right have always supported (until it came back and bit them on the ass). He and the Right want more deregulation. The outcome of this, if Farage's toadies are to be believed, is more regulation. Well done, Farage! If he is a free-marketeer, then he would predict that regulation would likely result in an interest group forming to use the emergent cartel power politically. In other words, he would have got what he predicted from a policy he disagreed with.
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Post by Einhorn on Jul 26, 2023 12:29:04 GMT
No. I approve of fate intervening and showing the manfrog the consequences of the sort of unbridled corporate self-interest he and the Right have always supported (until it came back and bit them on the ass). He and the Right want more deregulation. The outcome of this, if Farage's toadies are to be believed, is more regulation. Well done, Farage! If he is a free-marketeer, then he would predict that regulation would likely result in an interest group forming to use to revealed cartel power politically. In other words, he would have got what he predicted from a policy he disagreed with. What?
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