Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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The next may have an spin:

There is growing resistance to the society as engineered by the , with much criticism starting to focus on (very early) plans for the global Central Bank of Digital Currencies.

While some of the vocal critics of (such as ) have a long culture war history, others are coming to this from concerns around , & suspicions about 's fee capture for e-transactions!

#culturewar #economic #cashless #financialservcies #DigitalCurrency #nigelfarage #inequality #surveillance #banking

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hesgen · @hesgen
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"Listen, if Nigel Farage thinks it’s a bad idea, by definition it must be a good thing.”

This is not strictly true (e.g., PR), but Sadiq Khan has drafted a reasonable rule of thumb regarding the nicotine-stained groatshop fascist.

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/

#sadiqkhan #nigelfarage #festivalofblackculture #racism

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Oh thank god for that:

Alison Rose, who resigned from after the 'debunking' fiasco (fiasco in that Farage is a publicity hung professional victim) will receive nearly £2.5M (despite resigning)...

How the 1% live....

#natwest #nigelfarage

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DissentWatch · @dissentwatch
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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The FCA's campaign to rid the country of payday lenders & other firms charging extortionate to those the wont touch (& of course I'm not talking about here), has helped out another sub-sector: .

It seems with the decline of a significant number of debt-predators, the pawnbroking sector is booming.

Unfortunately this tells us more about the desperation among the vulnerable in Britain, than the happy success of financial regulation!

#interestrates #banks #nigelfarage #pawnbrokers #tory

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Adrian J. Chung · @ajc418
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[Moconomy] summarises how super wealthy backed think tanks and the ERG (party within a party) steered after the to become the disastrous hard Brexit that the UK has today and which only a minority of wealthy elitist special interest groups will benefit from
youtu.be/1ldfpUW0cEk
@Frances_Coppola

#brexit #euref #ukpol #richardtice #borisjohnson #nigelfarage #eu #northernireland #theresamay #coup #davidgauke #soniasodha

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Didn't they try to label ex-Labour leader, , as anti-semitic to kill his chances of getting the top job?

Pretty sure is not in any way in anyway.

#nigelfarage #rfk #antisemitic #frkjr #robertfkennedy #narratives #forcedNews

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Neil Mullens · @3DayMonk
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’s victory over good governance and due process

was not de-banked for his political views. Why do the government and right-wing press perpetuate this false narrative?

Stella Perrott @YorksBylines @BylineTimes @SydesJokes
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/ho

#gaslighting #fakenews #nigelfarage #farage

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Neil Mullens · @3DayMonk
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As with past culture wars, we’re once more seeing establishment figures, such as the multi-millionaire , former leader and peer, among other ghouls of the right corral the legitimate concerns of those lower on the socio-economic ladder and harness them to their own increasingly apocalyptic ends.

Simon Speakman Cordall @BylineTimes @SydesJokes
bylinetimes.com/2023/08/04/cli

#jacobreesmogg #conservative #nigelfarage #brexitparty #richardtice

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🆎 · @bloor
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It's amazing how Nigel Farage was fine allowing, indeed, actually almost empowering businesses to discriminate based on their customer's views back a few years.

#nigelfarage #hypocrite

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Interestingly as demands that the FCA levies heavy fines on that have debunked people for political views, FCA chief Nikhil Rathi observes banks are under no obligation to provide business accounts (which is a 'policy matter' for the Govt.).

So its clear how the case will be distinguished from those organisations who have been held up as previous examples of debunking that have had little political traction; unlike Farage these will have been business accounts!

#jeremyhunt #banks #nigelfarage

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gotofritz · @gotofritz
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tripu · @tripu
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So, tell me:

Is a victim of , effectively unbanked by “the system”, a warning sign for all aspiring contrarians?

Or is he capitalising on the reasonable refusal of a single bank (or even a whole category of exclusive banks) and exaggerating to advance his agenda?

(Note that the answer is orthogonal to the questions of whether he’s a despicable human being [which he probably is] or whether was a good idea [it probably wasn’t])

#nigelfarage #cancellation #brexit

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Q. can (finally) be a cause for good?

If his focus on is wide & comprehensive in its support for the victims of organisations (too aggressive) application of politically exposed person & other rules intended to constrain financial crime, then yes he can...

However, a self-centred, vain seasoned misleader of people may not be the best champion for this necessary campaign... maybe he'll rise to the occasion, or maybe not.

theguardian.com/business/2023/

#nigelfarage #debanking #banking

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Jan Penfrat · @ilumium
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KB · @decembr14
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“Underpinning all of this, though, is Brexit. This week’s row wouldn’t have happened at all, let alone at the volume it did, if the bank’s victim had been a remainer like Gary Lineker or Delia Smith, let alone Keir Starmer. If one of these had been debanked, rather than Farage, everything would have been very different.”

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#brexit #tories #coutts #nigelfarage

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Dave N · @knasher
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Once again is completely on the money, I couldn't have put it better myself

youtu.be/--sFRcdcrC8

#emilymaitlis #nigelfarage #entitled #natwest #coutts

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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The Q. put in stark terms, by Ben Jamal:

'Conservative government claims that they’re taking action now on behalf of Nigel Farage because of an issue of principle begs a question of why was that not applied & why have you not taken action or even raised a murmur when this has occurred to a whole range of other groups whose political view you don’t share?'

We all know why really: the are a bunch of self-serving running scared of Farage
theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

#nigelfarage #tories #hypocrites

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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If Alison Rose had been a man would she still be at Coutts & people would have been satisfied with her apology to ?

Certainly Ann Francke thinks so, and I' pretty sure she's right - once again means are more swiftly sanctioned than their male peers.... who somehow manage to keep their jobs after all sorts of reputational damage brought down on their employers!

theguardian.com/business/2023/

#nigelfarage #sexism #women

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Better Media · @bettermedia
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This is your regular reminder that right-wing media owners are not out here to serve the public, or to hold banks to account, however many TV spots Farage gets about his life admin grumbles.

thelondoneconomic.com/news/gb-

#knowthemedia #nigelfarage #gbnews #natwest

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