- “Coutts must be held to account over Nigel Farage” – The Nigel Farage bank row shows that political discrimination is alive and well, says the Spectator in a leading article.
- “Nigel Farage demands apology from the BBC over Coutts story” – Nigel Farage has demanded an apology from the BBC after it reported that his Coutts bank account was closed for financial, rather than political reasons, reports the Telegraph.
- “Coutts’ ‘inclusive’ attack on Nigel Farage is both sinister and absurd” – Whatever your view of Nigel Farage, Coutts’ actions should leave you with a feeling of profound discomfort, says Ross Clark in CapX.
- “Head of NatWest embroiled in Nigel Farage bank scandal” – Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman lead the criticism of Dame Alison Rose, who is under fire over a BBC briefing, reports the Telegraph.
- “Will the BBC now apologise to Nigel Farage?” – In the Spectator, Steerpike wonders whether BBC Verify will investigate the BBC for its misreporting of the Nigel Farage bank account scandal.
- “Revealed: The Coutts dossier on Nigel Farage in full” – The Mail reveals the 40-page file that shows Coutts cited Nigel Farage’s retweet of a Ricky Gervais joke and his friendship with Novak Djokovic to raise concerns about him being “xenophobic and racist”.
- “Sir Keir Starmer refuses support for Nigel Farage over Coutts row” – Sir Keir Starmer refused to come out in support of Nigel Farage over the apparent closure of his bank account for political reasons, says the Telegraph.
- “Woke capitalism and its useful idiots” – Yes, Coutts and other capitalist monoliths really are punishing people for being ‘unwoke’, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
- “Nigel Farage is the latest victim of Britain’s chilling new state ideology” – If Coutts gets away with closing Nigel Farage’s bank account for political reasons, then nobody’s freedom is safe, warns Lord Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Coutts’ reputation committee has destroyed its own reputation ” – NatWest needs to find a new CEO, a new leadership team and fire its self-destructive reputational risk committee, says Justin Doherty in the Spectator.
- “How the ‘sinister’ rise of diversity and inclusion turned Coutts against Farage” – The Coutts bank row has raised concerns about diversity and inclusion strategies now driving decisions at financial institutions, says the Telegraph.
- “Closure of Nigel Farage’s accounts by Coutts branded sinister by senior MPs” – The closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account was yesterday branded sinister by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, says the Sun.
- “Coutts boss who handled Nigel Farage’s bank account is a staunch Remainer” – A top executive at Coutts who handled Nigel Farage’s bank account is an avowed Remainer who has judged a diversity essay prize, says the Telegraph.
- “Westpac customer reveals what happened after he made a ‘modest’ cash deposit” – A pro poker player has unleashed on Westpac and accused the bank of engaging in “despicable behaviour” after his account was blocked over a “very modest” cash deposit, reports news.com.au.
- “Jay Bhattacharya: ‘I was shocked by the attack on me’” – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, in conversation with Alex Gutentag, exposes censorship, disinformation and power abuse by the public health establishment during Covid.
- “The junk science behind face masks” – There is still no evidence that mask mandates limit the spread of Covid, say Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan in Spiked.
- “Why the ‘smartest people’ in the world ‘failed so miserably’ during the pandemic” – Numerous independent authors and investigators have greatly contributed to a rational view of the pandemic – much more so than many of “the world’s smartest people”, says Swiss Policy Research.
- “BBC climate editor accused of hypocrisy as he travels to Spain to report on heatwave” – The BBC remains mum on reporter Justin Rowlatt’s fuel-guzzling flight to Alicante to cover the current heatwave and its links to the climate crisis, reports the Telegraph.
- “Keir Starmer told he must pay for damage caused by Just Stop Oil protest” – Grant Shapps has written to the Labour leader demanding he pay for the damages after eco-protesters sprayed the Department for Energy Security with orange paint, reports the Express.
- “Net Zero: U.K. is being left behind, big business warns Rishi Sunak” – 100 companies, including Tesco, BT, M&S and Amazon, have written to the Prime Minister, urging him to focus on delivering Britain’s Net Zero goal, reports the Times.
- “Moment Lord’s intruder removed by Jonny Bairstow is assaulted during Just Stop Oil slow march” – Daniel Knorr, a Just Stop Oil supporter, was attacked while filming activists blocking a road in South Kensington, reports the Telegraph.
- “ESG is a surprise boon for fossil fuel giants” – ESG funds funnel billions to oil giants while sidelining nuclear energy, one of the most powerful decarbonisation tools humanity has to offer, says the Spectator.
- “Parents’ fury as they claim children as young as seven are being told they can be ‘pangender’ by teachers” – Parents are outraged after finding out that children as young as seven are being told they can be ‘pangender’ by teachers at a CofE primary school in England, reports the Mail.
- “My family’s ordeal reveals the strange, dystopian world of school gender policies” – Reports that trans guidance for schools has been delayed again ought to worry anyone with an interest in how the education system treats our children, says Jane Smith in CapX.
- “Britain is the working from home capital of Europe, study reveals” – U.K. employees spend an average of 1.5 days a week logged in from home, compared to an international average of 0.9 days, according to the Mail.
- “Communist influence in the United Nations and the World Health Organisation” – From its origins to the present day, evidence mounts of Communist infiltration within the WHO and UN. It’s time to cut ties, says Stephen McMurray in the New Conservative.
- “People on the Left are completely unconcerned by this which I think is terribly short-sighted” – The Free Speech Union’s Ben Jones says Coutts bank has reached a level of “sanctimonious self-righteousness” for closing Nigel Farage’s bank account.
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