Farage De-Banking Should Sound Alarm

“ … they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark" (Rev 13v17)

You’ve heard about people being de-platformed for non-approved opinions, now people are being de-banked.

Did someone say Revelation 13:17?

A couple of months ago former politician - now commentator - Nigel Farage was advised by his bank that they were closing his accounts. No reason was given.

Left wing media, including BBC, speculated that Farage had no money or, worse, that he was receiving funds from dubious Russian sources.

When Farage went looking for a new bank, nine other financial institutions refused his business.

This of course is a major problem. It’s impossible to function in a modern society if you do not have a bank account.

Well we now know why Farage was denied a bank account.

Leaked minutes from a Coutts Bank Reputational Risk Management Committee meeting said of Farage …

“He is seen as xenophobic and racist. He is considered by many to be a disingenuous grifter. Being associated with Nigel Farage presents a material and ongoing reputational risk to the bank.”

The leaked documents go on to list Farage’s other sins ..

He supported Brexit.

He supports Donald Trump

He thinks immigration numbers are too high.

He doesn’t support Net Zero.

Whoa! So there you go, Farage’s ‘views’ - views shared by millions of people in the UK and around the world - didn’t align with those of his bank and so he was de-banked.

According to leaked minutes …

“The committee did not think continuing to bank NF (Nigel Farage) was compatible with Coutts given his publicly-stated views that were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation.”

Why is it that people/corporations love to boast about being inclusive to justify excluding people? But I digress.

Farage told Paul Murray on Sky News Australia this week …

“It’s a complete scandal. If they can cancel me, they can cancel everybody.”

And he’s right. And it’s already started.

Anglican vicar Reverend Richard Fothergill had his Yorkshire Building Society account closed in June after he dared to complain that his bank should focus on its core business instead of sponsoring Pride Month.

“Is this really the best use of your time and energy to promote a particular worldview,” his message said.

“You’re a bank, you deal with money. Why don’t you concentrate all your people’s energy on that rather than pushing a particular cultural agenda?”

Four days latter the 62-year-old churchman was advised his account would be closed down.

The building society wrote to him advising they had a “zero tolerance approach to discrimination” and that their relationship with the customer had “irrevocably broken down”.

Who knew that your relationship with your bank manager now includes affirming his or her political and sexual views?

Should a bank be allowed to de-person you because of your perfectly legal but unpopular opinions?

This was unthinkable in free Western nations until Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau froze the bank accounts of citizens who dared to protest his government’s handling of the Covid crisis.

But with cash disappearing and with governments, including here in Australia, pushing for the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency, de-banking is set to become a weapon for punishing those who do not subscribe to the approved narrative.

Christians reading this will immediately call to mind the ancient prophecies of John who foresaw a day when …

“ … they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.” (Revelation 13:17)

Digital currency means a person’s funds could be frozen or disappeared in an instant. And, without a bank account, it would literally be impossible to buy or sell.

The infrastructure for a world-wide totalitarian regime is being constructed and road tested in our day.

And which people, with what sort of views, might such infrastructure be used against? Hmmmm ….