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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

‘He’s tapped into something’: banking row gives Nigel Farage a new crusade

Nigel Farage talks to a local resident sitting in a car while out near his home in Westerham, Kent
Nigel Farage talks to a local resident while out near his home in Westerham, Kent, on Wednesday. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Nigel Farage is used to being thanked by true believers in Brexit, but the man who came to grasp his hand as he sat down for dinner in London’s Belgravia on Tuesday night was a surprise.

“It was a chap who just said ‘Nigel, I’m a remainer, but please, stand up for us’. He was an Italian businessman in London who was having terrible trouble receiving foreign payments because banks thought he was a money launderer,” the former Ukip leader said.

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