Nigel Farage praises ‘swift’ intervention by ministers over closed Coutts account
The Guardian says Nigel Farage has praised a “swift” intervention by government ministers after reports that new laws could be drawn up to stop banks closing customers’ accounts because they disagree with their political views.
The former Ukip leader said MPs were “beginning to realise that this system is coming for them as well” after his bank accounts were closed by Coutts, he says because his views “did not align with” its values.
Ministers are considering legislation to protect free speech by threatening banks with losing their licences if they blacklist people with controversial views, according to the Times.
Farage said it was “one of the swiftest interventions I’ve seen by government for many, many years”, and suggested it was a problem that had been “building up for years and years and years”.
