Huggy Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Bob8 said: I dunno, you do not remember the fuss in the USA over inter-racial marriage. Indeed. America will have a lot of contenders in there if it was put to the vote! Edited July 1, 2023 by Huggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) Nigel Farage gets apology from banking boss in Coutts row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66258137 A good news day again. I feel quite positive about the direction our war against the Alphabet Mafia progresses now. Must be around January 1943 if you'd like a historical comparison. And a film comparison. Every hour there is like 7 years here ✊ Edited July 20, 2023 by Huggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Huggy said: Nigel Farage gets apology from banking boss in Coutts row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66258137 A good news day again. I feel quite positive about the direction our war against the Alphabet Mafia progresses now. Must be around January 1943 if you'd like a historical comparison. And a film comparison. Every hour there is like 7 years here ✊ Surely the amount of space/time devoted to this non story is more evidence that we are in a batshit crazy period. In summary: man of the people gets upset because he is too poor for the toffs bank and has to have a Nat West account like the other plebs.  Edited July 20, 2023 by Confusion of VIs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballyk Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: Surely the amount of space/time devoted to this non story is more evidence that we are in a batshit crazy period. In summary: man of the people gets upset because he is too poor for the toffs bank and has to have a Nat West account like the other plebs.  In fairness, that doesn't appear to be why they closed his account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Just now, Ballyk said: In fairness, that doesn't appear to be why they closed his account. It is. His account was closed when his mortgage was cleared and the bank no longer had his house as security. All the rest is BS. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChangeIsCast Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 29/05/2023 at 19:38, longgone said: 🤣 10 posts in 6 and a half years and you wake from the slumber to comment on that 🤣  Go woke bro.  I'd much prefer to have only 10 posts on here than to have 14k posts on here. That's a lot of life wasted, if you totted up the sum total time it's taken to do 14k posts. But each to their own.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: It is. His account was closed when his mortgage was cleared and the bank no longer had his house as security. All the rest is BS. Oh I see that's why the head of the whole outfit sent a personnel letter apologising and even the Government are now looking into the issue of Banks closing accounts. Thank you so much for clearing that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: Surely the amount of space/time devoted to this non story is more evidence that we are in a batshit crazy period. In summary: man of the people gets upset because he is too poor for the toffs bank and has to have a Nat West account like the other plebs.  Far from being a non-story, this is hugely important. It is the equivalent of a company refusing to do business with somebody because they are black. I know the KKK would say at least the right people are getting annoyed with that example (hey, they're a private venture and all that), but I just feel it is not the right thing to do in an alleged civilised society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msi Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Huggy said: Far from being a non-story, this is hugely important. It is the equivalent of a company refusing to do business with somebody because they are black. I know the KKK would say at least the right people are getting annoyed with that example (hey, they're a private venture and all that), but I just feel it is not the right thing to do in an alleged civilised society. They declined his business because his value was too low. They gave him a grace period and he failed to up his value so they ditched him. Simples.  What then comes is the equivalent to some snarky comments doodled on this file after the commercial event. It's nothing like the political Blacklisting sufferred by actual people that was denied for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msi Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 30 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: It is. His account was closed when his mortgage was cleared and the bank no longer had his house as security. All the rest is BS. Â Doesn't get the gammon temples throbbing does it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, Insane said: Oh I see that's why the head of the whole outfit sent a personnel letter apologising and even the Government are now looking into the issue of Banks closing accounts. Thank you so much for clearing that up. They are apologising for the very undiplomatic description of him revealed by his personal data. The simple fact is that he hadn't meet the wealth criteria for years and when his mortgage was paid off it was time for him to go. Why do you care whether he has a posh Coots or pleby Nat West account.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballyk Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: It is. His account was closed when his mortgage was cleared and the bank no longer had his house as security. All the rest is BS.  The clearing of the mortgage was the technical justification, but that was evidently not the motivation to get rid of him. The internal document of their 'Wealth Committee' contains the lines - "The Committee did not think continuing to bank NF was compatible with Coutts given his publicly stated views that were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation.  This was not a political decision but one centred around inclusivity and Purpose". I have a great deal of contempt for Farage and Brexit and agree with you on most issues. But it's important not to be disingenous, and to acknowledge the truth of the situation.  Clearly had Coutts not behaved inappropriately, their CEO would not have issued an apology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 20 minutes ago, Huggy said: Far from being a non-story, this is hugely important. It is the equivalent of a company refusing to do business with somebody because they are black. I know the KKK would say at least the right people are getting annoyed with that example (hey, they're a private venture and all that), but I just feel it is not the right thing to do in an alleged civilised society. He fell below the wealth criteria for a rich persons bank and has to move to the NatWest, hardly the same as refusing to provide service because he was black.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: They are apologising for the very undiplomatic description of him revealed by his personal data. The simple fact is that he hadn't meet the wealth criteria for years and when his mortgage was paid off it was time for him to go. Why do you care whether he has a posh Coots or pleby Nat West account.  Nope you have totally missed what has happened , not to worry it has all been sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ballyk said: The clearing of the mortgage was the technical justification, but that was evidently not the motivation to get rid of him. The internal document of their 'Wealth Committee' contains the lines - "The Committee did not think continuing to bank NF was compatible with Coutts given his publicly stated views that were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation.  This was not a political decision but one centred around inclusivity and Purpose". I have a great deal of contempt for Farage and Brexit and agree with you on most issues. But it's important not to be disingenous, and to acknowledge the truth of the situation.  Clearly had Coutts not behaved inappropriately, their CEO would not have issued an apology. All that has happened is his account has been downgraded, Coots and the Natwest are the same company.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Just now, Insane said: Nope you have totally missed what has happened , not to worry it has all been sorted. What exactly has been sorted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Just now, Confusion of VIs said: What exactly has been sorted? The situation. Why are you so worked about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballyk Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: All that has happened is his account has been downgraded, Coots and the Natwest are the same company.  Agreed. But that's not really the story everyone's talking about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Just now, Insane said: The situation. Has Nige got his posh account back, I haven't seen that reported anywhere. NB were you aware that Coots and Nat West are the same company, so all that really happens is he will have a less posh bank card. Just now, Insane said: Why are you so worked about it? I am amused that this non story is getting so much attention, what it reveals about those making most noise.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Ballyk said: Agreed. But that's not really the story everyone's talking about... That's sort of my point. Once you know Coots and the NatWest are the same company, most of the noise, i.e. the story goes away. Edited July 20, 2023 by Confusion of VIs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballyk Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: That's sort of my point. Once you know Coots and the NatWest are the same company, most of the noise, i.e. the story goes away. Not really. Nobody would care if they'd just downgraded him from Coutts to NatWest for commercial reasons. It's the fact that their motivation for doing it was down to his "unpleasant" views. Had he been a regular, "right thinking" sort of fella, they might well have kept him on.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: Has Nige got his posh account back, I haven't seen that reported anywhere. Nope but he sure as hell has bought this situation into the arena with the Government sitting up and taking notice which is where it needs to be. He did mention tonight about the 10's of thousands of people who don't have the voice and the clout he has. So the Government taking notice and acting has helped them (you know the type of people) the small people. 10 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: NB were you aware that Coots and Nat West are the same company, so all that really happens is he will have a less posh bank card. But he will have a bank card which he did not have a few days ago. So as I said it has been sorted. 11 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: I am amused that this non story is getting so much attention, what it reveals about those making most noise. Well it is not a non story is it. You are the one on here making the most noise about it.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Ballyk said: Not really. Nobody would care if they'd just downgraded him from Coutts to NatWest for commercial reasons. It's the fact that their motivation for doing it was down to his "unpleasant" views. Had he been a regular, "right thinking" sort of fella, they might well have kept him on.  What would be the commercial reason for letting him keep an account he no longer qualified for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Confusion of VIs said: What would be the commercial reason for letting him keep an account he no longer qualified for. Ballyk has already answered that for you he said. 7 minutes ago, Ballyk said: Not really. Nobody would care if they'd just downgraded him from Coutts to NatWest for commercial reasons.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballyk Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Confusion of VIs said: What would be the commercial reason for letting him keep an account he no longer qualified for. Again, not the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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