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So are you saying you support it?

No but its a mere drop in the ocean to hear of right wing politicians and those in society getting stiffed like the socialists or those thought to be have been

The Economic League was basically the gestapo and stasi of the tory party for many years till it got rumbled

Put it this way losing your bank account was the least of your worries if that lot had you under surveillance

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Nothing whatsoever (again) to do with right & left.The guy is an absolute idiot and his ideology is extremely dubious but the bank are hypocritical.

How many of their account holders are oligarchs, CCP members etc ?

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It's very much to do with right or left as the left have been stiffed by right wing surveillance groups for years

The Economic League were paid by the Conservative Party and big business to disrupt those that didn't agree with

Old farage got off very lightly

Some lefties are still missing !

[pipster]

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It's very much to do with right or left as the left have been stiffed by right wing surveillance groups for years

The Economic League were paid by the Conservative Party and big business to disrupt those that didn't agree with

Old farage got off very lightly

Some lefties are still missing !

So if a right wing bank (if there is such a thing) blocked your account, then blocked anyone of a left wing leaning opinion that had posted in a football forum - you would take it on the chin ? - I thought you had more bollox than that.

Maybe a review by the FSA into account holders at Coutts needs to be looked at..

Whether it's Farage or Michael Foot matters not.

And for once I agree with you - plenty of unionist firebrands in the 70's and 80's had a mark against their name - some officially - others not - but where their employer knew what they were like and decided to never give them promotion regardless of skill level.

[the other bob wilson]

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The left have put up with this for 50 years

Farage gets a sly one and the right are crying like babies

Dare one say it, but Farage is coming over as a bit of a snowflake :hehe:

[JamesWales]

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Dare one say it, but Farage is coming over as a bit of a snowflake :hehe:

Snowflake?! I don't think having your bank account shut without warning is like sitting on a university course and coming across a historic word you don't like.

Surely anyone liberal recognises this is fundementally wrong?

It also interestingly highlights who the core audience for many 'woke' views are, and it seems to be the giant banks, fearful one assumes of a reaction by a tiny minority on social media?

[the other bob wilson]

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Snowflake?! I don't think having your bank account shut without warning is like sitting on a university course and coming across a historic word you don't like.

Surely anyone liberal recognises this is fundementally wrong?

It also interestingly highlights who the core audience for many 'woke' views are, and it seems to be the giant banks, fearful one assumes of a reaction by a tiny minority on social media?

James Wales in sense of humour failure shocker.

[jon1959]

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And for once I agree with you - plenty of unionist firebrands in the 70's and 80's had a mark against their name - some officially - others not - but where their employer knew what they were like and decided to never give them promotion regardless of skill level.

I don’t know about firebrands’ but thousands of trades unionists, socialists and communists were prevented from working at all - not just blocked for promotion. The Economic League ran an employment blacklist - as I know to my cost.

And ‘left’ and ‘right’ is absolutely relevant. Those who claim political views are irrelevant or that there is no left or right any more are the new foot soldiers of the alt right. They have their own devious and dishonest agenda. The political left are and always will be the enemies of wealth and privilege and exploitation. The right are the apologists of wealth and privilege. It is easy!

[JamesWales]

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James Wales in sense of humour failure shocker.

It's difficult to tell when some of you are joking!

As it goes, he does have snowflakey tendancies, much like those he doesn't like. But what's happened here is totally wrong.

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It's difficult to tell when some of you are joking!

As it goes, he does have snowflakey tendancies, much like those he doesn't like. But what's happened here is totally wrong.

I have tried to tell you that this sort of sly stuff has been going on for years by the political facade YOU prop up against people you label as lefties ......strangely enough not much mention

It's only when one of your lot gets stiffed......farage ... that suddenly nigel farage is a poster boy for the downtrodden

I suppose we have to be grateful it's in the news

[JamesWales]

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I have tried to tell you that this sort of sly stuff has been going on for years by the political facade YOU prop up against people you label as lefties ......strangely enough not much mention

It's only when one of your lot gets stiffed......farage ... that suddenly nigel farage is a poster boy for the downtrodden

I suppose we have to be grateful it's in the news

I would absolutely oppose this happening to anyone based on this criteria. I am no fan of banks at all and will argue against things like a cashless society and excessive surveillance at every turn. Can you cite a recent example to back up your claim?

And even if you are right, and perhaps you are, you tolerating this only makes it more likely to happen to anyone in the future.

[JamesWales]

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I don’t know about firebrands’ but thousands of trades unionists, socialists and communists were prevented from working at all - not just blocked for promotion. The Economic League ran an employment blacklist - as I know to my cost.

And ‘left’ and ‘right’ is absolutely relevant. Those who claim political views are irrelevant or that there is no left or right any more are the new foot soldiers of the alt right. They have their own devious and dishonest agenda. The political left are and always will be the enemies of wealth and privilege and exploitation. The right are the apologists of wealth and privilege. It is easy!

On your last couple of sentences..I think that used to be true. Not sure it is now.

On BBC Politics today, the panel all roundly condemned Coutts on TV except Angela Eagle MP, who seemed to make light of it.

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I would absolutely oppose this happening to anyone based on this criteria. I am no fan of banks at all and will argue against things like a cashless society and excessive surveillance at every turn. Can you cite a recent example to back up your claim?

And even if you are right, and perhaps you are, you tolerating this only makes it more likely to happen to anyone in the future.

What claim ? That The Economic League is a right wing group with sinister actions ?

That's not a claim, that's a fact

I don't tolerate this sort of activity please don't insult my intelligence

I have said that twice now

This is still going on now and there are so many examples they have written plenty of books about it

What we do know is that it is OVERWHELMINGLY people left of the political spectrum and those involved in human rights , trade unions , the environment etc that have been targeted by the forces of money and control

I am not going to waste my time enlightening you about the activity of The Economic League

Thatcher was a big fan

It's certainly not funded by the TUC put it that way

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Quite a funny read all this. Shines a light on the people who are so politically blinded that they can't even comment on a simple topic without filtering it through their political beliefs first.

[JamesWales]

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What claim ? That The Economic League is a right wing group with sinister actions ?

That's not a claim, that's a fact

I don't tolerate this sort of activity please don't insult my intelligence

I have said that twice now

This is still going on now and there are so many examples they have written plenty of books about it

What we do know is that it is OVERWHELMINGLY people left of the political spectrum and those involved in human rights , trade unions , the environment etc that have been targeted by the forces of money and control

I am not going to waste my time enlightening you about the activity of The Economic League

Thatcher was a big fan

It's certainly not funded by the TUC put it that way

I take from that, that you can't name an example.

I also don't think it's true about history either btw. Perhaps more so in this country, esp when one thinks of union blacklisting and things, but not generally. Nonetheless, such actions were wrong then and they are wrong now, especially with us all seemingly voluntarily giving banks and financial services firms so much power.

[the other bob wilson]

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Quite a funny read all this. Shines a light on the people who are so politically blinded that they can't even comment on a simple topic without filtering it through their political beliefs first.

Although I do take the point about banks closing accounts for someone's political beliefs, I'm guilty as charged when it comes to Farage. At the time of the 2016 vote, I was a genuine don't know and the main thing which, just about, tipped me into the remain camp was the fact that I just couldn't put myself on the same side as him.