1. He was de-banked because he holds views that are not in alignment with Coutts bank AND recently fell below the banks financial threshold. We don't know what would have happed if he had enough money with them or a big enough mortgage. As far as I can tell, that was legal and all above board...
Just looked into it a bit. Because it was the message they refused to effectively print, that was deemed OK, they weren't discriminating about the people who requested it. If they had however refused to make a cake on the basis that a gay person had asked for it, then that would have been...
Is that strictly true?
You cant decline to make a cake because you don’t agree with same sex marriage, because that's homophobic and discriminatory, but can a private business decline because someone's pollical views don't align with the corporation's views?
I agree Farage will be absolutely loving this, what a gift.
As sure as eggs is eggs, his GB ‘news’ show today will all be about the woke banks, woke corporations and the woke liberal elite who have it in for the everyday bloke on the street.