Originally published at: Brexiteer Nigel Farage claimed his fancy bank was persecuting him for his politics, but it turned out he couldn't maintain the minimum balance | Boing Boing
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I’m sure that Farage has a strong grasp of the distinction between “not receiving special treatment” and “political oppression”. Just seems like the type.
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Of course he can’t balance, he leans too far right.
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Again and again it is fascinating what British populists choose as their persona. I don’t think picking a stupid fight with a private bank would play all that well here.
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It’s amazing that anyone still thinks these deadbeats are fiscally responsible decision makers.
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Self-proclaimed man of the people can’t keep an account at one of the most exclusive banks in the World - Steve Bannon and Vladimir Putin’s cheques can’t be clearing.
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Silly rabbit. Coutts is for rich bastards.
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But Mr Farage, who is now a presenter on the GB News channel, said “at no point in the last 10 years” did the bank give him a minimum threshold, and that he now has “more money sitting on a current account” than before.
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Father Ted 
Graham Linehan 
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The change in focus is great, but Ardal O’Hanlon’s comic timing is impecable.
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Seems like he was previously claiming they were accusing him of money laundering, which is quite a difference from “you don’t meet the minimum account requirements.” You’d have to be pretty dim to even deliberately misunderstand that.
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Private banking, that perfidious stronghold of leftist politics.
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I’m shocked that a man mostly seen these days in preroll ads on YouTube hawking crypto and questionable investments lacks the gravitas to remain a Coutts customer.
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Good Lord; the man is practically trade. What an oike.
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He should have pulled himself up by his own bootstraps.
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The prefer a more dignified clientele, such as Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes.
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It’s a distinction without a difference for the people Farage has made this statement at.
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