The truth is finally out about why Coutts decided to close my accounts, writes Nigel Farage.
My fate was sealed at a meeting of the bank’s Wealth Reputational Risk Committee on 17 November 2022. Executives agreed that once my mortgage came due, I should be “de-banked”. I know this because, through a subject access request, I have seen the 36-page Stasi-style surveillance report used at that meeting to justify this extraordinary action. This report is, frankly, shocking.
The first thing to say is that Coutts decision to cancel me had nothing to do with my finances. Contrary to damaging reports in the BBC and FT this month about my holdings falling below the bank’s threshold, the report states several times that my “economic contribution” is strong and my funds are “sufficient to retain them on a commercial basis.”
He even acknowledges that I am a net positive financial contributor to the bank. Whoever at Coutts thought it smart to feed the friendly media lies about me really misjudged the situation.
I think Coutts singled me out for personal and political reasons, because his report looks more like a pre-trial brief prepared by the prosecution in a case against a career criminal. Monthly press checks were done on me. My social media accounts were monitored. Anything deemed “problematic” was recorded. He was watching me.
Nigel Farage: What does the ECtHR have to do with my bank account?
