Bonkers bank
NIGEL FARAGE ran rings around NatWest during this summer’s debanking scandal.
Yesterday proved the bankers still had not learned their lesson.
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NatWest chairman Howard Davies may have thought commissioning an outside organisation to report into the reputation-shredding affair would put it all to bed.
In truth it was anything but “independent”.
In scrambling to protect the bank’s image it has served only to expose yet more arrogant Remainer behaviour.
The Travers Smith review did find serious failings in sister bank Coutts’ handling of Farage’s accounts.
But straining all bounds of credibility, the report insisted the former UKIP boss hadn’t been debanked for his political views.
Farage declared this laughable.
On the face of the evidence so far it’s hard to disagree.
The City watchdog must look seriously at this apparent Remainer plot when it begins its own inquiry.
Meanwhile, NatWest’s shares took a pounding yesterday — another blow to taxpayers who still own nearly two fifths of the bank.
This sorry saga didn’t just cost a prominent Brexiteer his bank account.
It’s cost us all millions, too.
Keir pressure
PRESIDENT Biden is finding out the hard way what happens when you appease terror.
Forced to launch strikes against Iranian-backed militia in Syria and Iraq, Sleepy Joe is only now waking up to the malign influence of Tehran.
Just weeks ago Biden handed Iran $6billion in exchange for five US hostages — money that is likely to have funded the Hamas attacks on Israel.
There is no negotiating with Iran.
Like Russia, it’s a rogue state and should be treated as such.
There’s a wider message here, too, for those Labour figures — like the shameless opportunist Sadiq Khan — who have demanded an Israeli ceasefire.
What would it achieve other than to strengthen the bloodied hand of Hamas?
In the coming days, pressure on Sir Keir will only increase.
He must face his internal critics down.
Push on, PM
CHEER up, Rishi – and give us all something to look forward to in the process.
The PM has at times looked weary of the heavy demands of Britain’s many problems.
But he needs to remember he still has a good story to tell — inflation down, small boat crossings cut, recession averted, net zero nonsense ditched.
The PM can also write a new successful chapter by cutting taxes as quickly as possible.
It’s the only way to drive the growth we all desperately need.
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