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Dozens of MPs, Including Former Tory Leader, Call on Business Secretary to Do Something About Out-of-Control PayPal

by Toby Young
25 September 2022 7:00 AM

Forty two MPs, including a former leader of the Conservative Party, several ex-Cabinet ministers and the Chairman of the 1922 Committee, have written to Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Business Secretary, and Andrew Griffith, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, urging them to urgently investigate PayPal’s sudden closure of the accounts of the Daily Sceptic, the Free Speech Union and UsForThem, among others. The Telegraph has more.

Dozens of MPs – including Michael Gove and David Davis, both former ministers, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the ex-Conservative Party leader, and Sir Graham Brady, the 1922 committee chairman – are now calling on ministers to intervene.

In a letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Business Secretary and Andrew Griffith, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, they noted that the “common theme” among organisations and individuals that have had their account closed is that they are all prominent “champions of free speech” who have expressed “critical, non-conforming views on lockdown policies”.

They go on to say: “It is therefore hard to avoid construing PayPal’s actions as an orchestrated, politically motivated move to silence critical or dissenting views on these topics within the U.K.”

The letter to ministers came amid a mounting backlash against the U.S. payments giant, which saw several celebrities announce they are deleting their accounts in protest. Sharron Davies, the former Olympic swimmer and BBC presenter, became the latest to exit the platform saying: “I don’t believe tech companies should decide who has a voice.”

She was joined by Matt le Tissier, football pundit and former England player, who said on Twitter: “Good riddance to tin-pot dictators.”

And Jack Dee, the comedian, said he was cancelling his account on the basis that “Big Tech companies that feel they can bully people for questioning mainstream groupthink don’t deserve anyone’s business”.

The letter to ministers, sent on Saturday night, had 42 signatories in total including 21 Tory MPs and 15 Tory peers. as well as four cross-bench peers, a Labour peer and a Labour MP.

They said the Government should demand an explanation from PayPal for its actions and release the donations from the organisations whose funds it has “confiscated unfairly and without justification”.

Worth reading in full.

Stop Press: The Mail On Sunday also has the story.

Stop Press: The Sunday Express has a terrific story about PayPal’s out-of-control censorship by Social Affairs Editor Lucy Johnston. It quotes Lord Sumption on the row as follows:

“I do not know what Paypal’s complaint is, nor what their rights are under their contract. But on the face of it, this is a particularly sinister development.

“The Free Speech Union takes no line of its own on issues like gender critical theory or lockdowns. It simply defends the right of both sides to be heard within the limits permitted by law.

“So we have to assume that Paypal considers that on controversial issues like these only one side of the argument should be heard.

“Paypal is part of the infrastructure of the payments system in a world which is increasingly going cashless.

“This is therefore a serious and direct interference with the very idea that there should be freedom of speech. It is probably illegal under anti-discrimination provisions of the Equalities Act, which prohibits discrimination in the provision of services on the basis of belief.

“But if it is not, then consideration should be given to making it illegal.”

Worth reading in full.

Tags: David DavisIan Duncan SmithJacob Rees-MoggMichael GovePayPalThe Free Speech Union

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

The good news is that these signatories have had the balls to challenge the government and PayPal, the sad news is that their are relatively few of them.

The non-signatories can hang their heads in shame for their cowardice.

Over to you Liz.

Good morning my fellow Sceptics.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Morning, one and all.

The fight continues. It spreads into everything. Shows what we’re up against, and that we are onto them and their lies and corruption.

PS Never-in-a-Month-of-Sundays did I think I’d say this (let alone write it here under my name), but 911 was a put-up job. Better late than never, eh?!

Last edited 2 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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Amtrup
Amtrup
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Yes, I only realised this about 9/11 in the last year, having had my eyes opened generally during the Covid thing I became able to see the evidence clearly, 21 years after the event! Am in awe of the people who’ve managed to keep spreading the word for so long.

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Mr Dee
Mr Dee
2 years ago
Reply to  Amtrup

James Corbett has recently released the third part of his excellent False Flags documentary, centred on 911. Part 1 is here:

https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1744-false-flags-watch-along-part-1/

You can find parts 2 and 3 later on his site.

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MIKE HAGGAR
MIKE HAGGAR
2 years ago
Reply to  Amtrup

It goes back much further than 9/11. The keystone was the arrival of Benjamin D’israeli into British politics. The type of politics we have now began with him – and it was he who helped launch the Rothschild empire, integrating it into British politics.

Think twice about what you were taught in school about the world wars – you were reading the victor’s version of history.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  MIKE HAGGAR

I like to go back to my 1906 encyclopaedia where possible. Any particular aspect of history? And do I need an earlier or alternative source?

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A Y M
A Y M
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Everyone had better get on to the 911 false flag.
It is the keystone to awakening. It’s incredibly obvious yet causes normie to Gale their eyes at you when you tell them to look at any number of “problems” with the story, like building 7.
I literally had this happen at dinner last night.

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MIKE HAGGAR
MIKE HAGGAR
2 years ago
Reply to  A Y M

Do you know that September was originally month seven in the Roman calendar? It’s believed that the twin towers represented one and one, and building seven was actually number nine. 911 – or, September 11th.

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A Heretic
A Heretic
2 years ago
Reply to  MIKE HAGGAR

Next you’ll be telling us OCTober was the 8th month.

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MIKE HAGGAR
MIKE HAGGAR
2 years ago
Reply to  A Heretic

Mockery is the sincerest form of flattery. In the time you spent writing your comment, you could have checked for yourself. September was originally the seventh month in the Roman calendar.

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A Heretic
A Heretic
2 years ago
Reply to  MIKE HAGGAR

my point was that the clue is in the name. SEPT=7, OCT=8, NOV=9, DEC=10

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Another Greg
Another Greg
2 years ago
Reply to  MIKE HAGGAR

It’s illegal. Please stop smoking it.

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JXB
JXB
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

I have it on good authority that all the people who allegedly died are actually alive on a Pacific island, living in a sort of witness protection programme with rather splendid accommodation prepared months in advance, and protected by the US Marshal Service.

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RTSC
RTSC
2 years ago

A very welcome development …. but only 42 members of Parliament out of 650 MPs and 800+ members of the House of Frauds is disappointing.

It demonstrates how little regard the vast majority have for democracy and free speech.

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NickR
NickR
2 years ago

You only get a true measure of organisations such as PayPal when they overplay their hand. We can now see exactly how truly hideous they are.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  NickR

Or how supine and spineless they are. Not sure which is worse.

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Free Lemming
Free Lemming
2 years ago
Reply to  NickR

An important point. This has only been noticed becaus the insidious agenda slithered out of its normally well-hidden pit.

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Another Greg
Another Greg
2 years ago

The good news is that now you Pommies have Jacob Rees-Mogg as the relevant minister. The son of the bloke who wrote “Who breaks a butterfly on the wheel?” The tide is turning.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago

This is gearing up to be a very interesting test of how far the state has been captured by the oligarchy.

On the one hand, this seems like an open and shut case of an intolerable abuse of power that if left to stand sets a chilling precedent that bodes terribly for free speech and liberty.

On the other hand PayPal cannot back down because to do so would be conceding that there are instances that they don’t have a right to shut you off or that their review process is flawed, which opens a massive can of worms.

Now that a significant group of elected representatives has waded in to force the government to address the issue we shall see.

We shall see who the state ultimately stands for. If PayPal is allowed to get away with this and continue in the same way, we’ll know the state is fully captured by the oligarchy. If rules are set so the likes of PayPal aren’t allowed to carry on in this way, we’ll know the state still serves the people at some significant level.

Intriguing.

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A Y M
A Y M
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

The FSU is no small fry either.
They have picked a battle with a David that has a bloody big set of sling stones.

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HicManemus
HicManemus
2 years ago
Reply to  A Y M

Hear! Hear! But PayPal is just one of the Gorgon’s heads. Plenty more needs to be done but it is a start. Policing next…article in DT today interviewing new head of College of Policing – they’ve suddenly realised that they should be getting back to basics, like solving “proper” crimes and avoiding political issues. Who knew???

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Jon Mors
Jon Mors
2 years ago

The State doesn’t like competitors. Paypal might well be thrown to the wolves by the powers that be.

Whilst the declaration from MPs is welcome it’s ruined a bit for me by lockdown fascist Gove being a signatory.

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martsharm
martsharm
2 years ago

Yes it’s not all that many MPs, but there’s some big-hitters there, and I’m surprised they’ve picked up on this and done anything at all.

Even though it might not seem it I think this country does have a fighting chance of pushing back against the “progressive” corporatist authoritarian groupthink. Truss could turn out to be sounder than Tory leaders of recent memory – that she’s aware of the problem is at least a start.

Someone has to lead the way in sticking up for the values that most people hold dear – truth, fairness, family values and free speech – and it’s probably going to be us – again.

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RTSC
RTSC
2 years ago
Reply to  martsharm

I can’t be the only one who thinks the likes of Gove have put their names to this is because they are desperate to foist a cashless society on us and know that PayPal’s actions in demonstrating the danger it would represent to “dissidents” will make it far harder to achieve.

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st27
st27
2 years ago

Looks like Toby Young wasn’t just talking when he said PayPal have “picked on the wrong guy”. 🙂

Now I definitely don’t agree with everything Toby Young says, believes or has said. But I’m very grateful to him for setting up LockdownSceptics (now The Daily Sceptic), where his voice – and many others – could be heard. it gave me hope, back in the dark days of lockdown.

And whether I agree with him totally, partially or violently disagree with him on everything is irrelevant anyway: it’s not the point. No-one has the right to shut down legal speech, however much they disagree with what is being said. So, let’s see this campaign get bigger and bigger!

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David101
David101
2 years ago

Silver lining: Seemingly this story is everywhere now. There will be people being introduced to the FSU, the DS and UsForThem, who had previously never heard of these organizations through the various press releases. Plus this is good publicity, as it could mean people take pity on the victims of unfair political censorship, increasing public support for them.

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Matt Mounsey
Matt Mounsey
2 years ago

It needs to be determined whether PayPal is acting on its own or in collusion with a wider cartel of banks and the payment processing duopoly that is Visa and Mastercard.

Several content creators ran into the same issues with Patreon. After some investigation it was determined that the policies Patreon had in place for certain political content were not its own, but were demanded of it by the credit card payment processors and its banking relationships, without which it could not exist.

The next question one should ask is whether the government can ever be the correct avenue to hold a banking cartel to account. Particularly our government – since it pretty much exists to protect the interests of the Anglo-American world’s banking cartel in the Corporation of London. I’m sure the Remembrancer would have a few words in the Speaker of the Commons’ ear if the conversation strayed into areas the banking cartel wouldn’t like.

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Epi
Epi
2 years ago

Is Trudeau on the Board of PayPal? Just asking.

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