Nigel Farage says he supports anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller in a fight against debanking after she claimed to be the latest high profile figure to be targeted by a bank closure
Nigel Farage says he supports anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller in a fight against debanking after she claimed to be the latest high profile figure to be targeted by a bank closure.
The unlikely duo have been "forced together on the campaign" to urge the Government to investigate bank account closures.
But Farage says the debanking issue is "more important" than "any particular political issue".
Speaking on GB News, he said: "There are issues in life that are bigger, more fundamental, more vital and important than what we think about any particular political issue.
"Either we want to live in a free, democratic society or we head towards a model of a Chinese Communist social credit system.
"And I would absolutely support Gina Miller's right to have a bank account, as I would Jeremy Corbyn or anybody on the extreme left.
"This is about the very country that we are supposed to be and I'm afraid the politicisation of both our public and corporate sectors is taking us to a place where we cannot speak or act freely."
It comes after Farage’s account with Coutts was closed earlier this month after the bank said they no longer wanted him as a customer.
Similarly, Miller was told by Monzo earlier this month that her bank account would be closed in September.
She opened the account for her True and Fair party in November 2021 and claims the bank would not inform her why the action had been taken.
Initially, Miller received an email Monzo saying: “We can’t share the specific reason for closing your account. As a bank we regularly review and sometimes close accounts as part of our legal and regulatory responsibilities."
However, the bank has since told the BBC it does not allow political party accounts and made an error in allowing it to be opened.
It added the experience would have been “frustrating for the customer and we’re sorry for that”.
Farage is now set to launch a website to support people who have been de-banked following the Coutts scandal.
The GB News presenter says he will "help people to understand how to put in subject access requests" in a bid to "find out the truth".
