News Round-Up
15 April 2025
by Toby Young
Revealed: Why UK Electricity Costs So Much
15 April 2025
by Sallust
Nigel Farage has vowed to make life "very difficult" for new NatWest Chief Executive Paul Thwaite until he receives a "fuller apology" following the debanking row.
Complaints about bank account closures have surged by 20% in the wake of the Nigel Farage debanking scandal, new figures show.
The news that NatWest has begun to nag its customers about their spending for green reasons makes the case for CBDCs, according to one IT specialist.
NatWest bank is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint.
The crisis at NatWest has deepened after a profit warning sent shares in the taxpayer-owned lender plunging and the City watchdog launched a review into its handling of the Nigel Farage debanking fiasco.
Bosses at NatWest are facing calls from Nigel Farage to suspend staff who joked about wanting to "throw a milkshake" at him after a document revealed staff boasting about having "driven him out of the country".
The Financial Conduct Authority has been criticised after its review uncovered no evidence that politicians are being denied bank accounts because of their views.
In a mural mix-up, NatWest has painted a wall-sized picture of Marcus Rashford on an unsuspecting Brighton resident's home.
In this week's episode of the Weekly Sceptic, the talking points are Megan Rapinoe's penalty miss, Trump's indictment, Marianna Spring becoming unsprung and Elon Musk's open-ended legal guarantee to X users.
Figures obtained under a Freedom of Information request show that U.K. bank accounts are vanishing at a record pace, leaving thousands of innocent customers financially stranded.
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