Patriotic Britons 'could be DEBANKED just for raising Union Jack' as urgent warning issued

Raising the colours could "absolutely" put one at risk of being debanked, he said, adding that "far-left agitators" were moving to undermine the symbolism of Britain's national flag.

He also detailed a grim scenario facing those who lose access to their money - which he revealed had already happened to his clients under the Obama and Biden administrations' "Operation Choke Point".

"It's a terrible experience because all your assets are tied up in, typically, one institution. It's like if someone stole your wallet. It would ruin your day," Mr Love said.

"It's like electricity. You turn the switch on, you turn the switch off. You're not thinking about the utility company every single day, and you don't want to be thinking about your bank every single day.

"But the fact that you have to walk around as a conservative and be worried about whether the Government is going to turn off your financial system, is similar to if the Government is going to simply turn off the lights in your house because it doesn't like what you said on Twitter one day."

He went on: "Every day, I look at your country and shock and awe at the reality that you guys do not have freedom of speech [and] that you face persecution by your Government, or police officers coming in to arrest you in your house because you made a tweet."

Returning to flags, Mr Love told GB News: "We've seen this happen in the US today... You have liberals in the States who are saying the American flag is a fascist symbol, that it's a symbol of racism, that it's a symbol of oppression.

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"Now you're seeing the same narrative being pushed by these same far-left agitators across the pond in the UK.

"You can't have a country that needs to be fighting against China, Russia and all these other powers that want to see the UK fall - you can't do it while you're having your own internal civil war.

"That's really what these people are trying to push the UK to do... [They] want a civil war in this country so you guys are distracted and they can just take over. That's what they ultimately want to do.

"People need to stand up and say what's right is right. The Union Jack flag represents something significant and a cultural value for the UK, and the idea that the national flag is somehow offensive is ridiculous.

"But you have to have to fight against that. And you cannot allow that to happen in your country. Because once that happens... once you lose it, you lose your country."

In the US, Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning debanking altogether.

The President said the practice was "incompatible with a free society" and warned of how banks "discriminate against many conservatives".

According to the White House, federal regulators encouraged banks to flag up individuals for transactions at conservative-owned companies, such as Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's.

It was revealed that peer-to-peer payments which included terms such as "Trump" or "Maga" were also pulled up, despite no evidence of criminal activity.

Mr Trump's executive order raised eyebrows after a report by Reuters found that just 35 of 8,361 customers who filed complaints about account closures with the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mentioned political debanking.

Out of the detailed complaints, closed bank accounts filed with the CFPB, fewer than one per cent included the terms "politics," "religion," "conservative" or "Christian".

However, Brian Knight, a senior counsel for the Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, pointed out that the small number of political complaints could reflect that banks are not required to disclose much detail to consumers they "debank".

In Britain, Nigel Farage finally reached a settlement with NatWest this year after his Coutts account was controversially shut down in 2023.

It is believed that NatWest agreed to pay the Reform UK leader an unspecified sum in damages to resolve the row.

As a result, the Government has moved to push banks to give customers at least 90 days' notice before closing their accounts.

These regulations are expected to come into force for new contracts from April 2026.

Under the new legislation, banks will be required to provide customers with a clear written explanation for account closures.