Nigel Farage launches website over de-banking 'scandal'

Nigel Farage says helium has launched a run to basal up for radical who person been "de-banked" aft the enactment implicit his Coutts relationship closure.

He said connected societal media helium volition "fight backmost against the large banks who person fto america down".

It comes aft it emerged Mr Farage's governmental views were a origin successful his relationship being closed.

NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose and Coutts brag Peter Flavel some stepped down implicit the fallout past week.

Dame Alison discontinue aft admitting making a mistake successful speaking astir Mr Farage's narration with Coutts, a subsidiary of NatWest that serves the wealthy, with a BBC journalist. On Thursday the brag of Coutts besides quit.

Sir Howard Davies, NatWest chairman, has faced calls to resign, but helium vowed to stay successful station to guarantee the bank's stability.

Mr Farage said successful precocious June his relationship had been unopen and helium had not been fixed a reason. He did not sanction the slope astatine the time.

The BBC reported it was closed due to the fact that helium nary longer met the wealthiness threshold for Coutts, citing a root acquainted with the matter.

However, Mr Farage aboriginal obtained a study from the slope that indicated his governmental views were besides considered.

Launching the AccountClosed.org website via a video posted connected societal media, Mr Farage said: "Most radical who person this hap to them consciousness helpless. There's no-one to talk for them.

"And I deliberation what's emerging is simply a large nationalist scandal. You can't unrecorded without a slope relationship successful the 21st Century."

The run is described connected the website arsenic being for individuals and tiny mean businesses "who person faced unjust attraction from banks and fiscal services companies, peculiarly erstwhile their accounts person been abruptly closed and indispensable services withdrawn".

It comes arsenic erstwhile premier curate Liz Truss said she was "appalled" astatine the attraction of Mr Farage.

Writing successful the Sunday Telegraph, she said: "The saga shows however a almighty technocracy presides implicit an progressively opaque system, portion elected politicians - successful peculiar those politicians whose views bash not find favour astatine London meal parties - are treated with suspicion."

Senior Tory MP David Davis, penning successful The Sun, said helium volition bring guardant a backstage member's measure successful the Commons to "guarantee everyone has a close to a slope account".