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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hugh Muir

Pity Nigel Farage as he is deemed too horrible to bank with the elite at Coutts

Nigel Farage in Fort Washington, United States, 3 March 2023.
‘It’s wrong to laugh at seeing this champion of capitalism laid low by the alleged decision of a super capitalistic, super private bank.’ Nigel Farage in Fort Washington, United States, 3 March 2023. Photograph: Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

One of the most worrying problems in this modern Britain – laid low by 13 years of harsh Tory rule, bewildered by social media, blighted by social division – is that we now struggle to recognise a real victim when we see one.

But not today. Today, in the wake of the passing of the government’s obscene illegal migration bill, the attention is back where it should be – on those who are truly suffering. Yes, poor Nigel Farage and his fight with Coutts, the top, top, people’s bank, has made the front pages of the Mail and the Telegraph. True, their record in fighting the corner of the downtrodden is not great; but today marked a great stride forward.

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