gb news. well dame alison rose has gone as the ceo of the natwest banking group. >> is it right that she resigned as our debate this evening? personally, i think many more ought to go to all of that comes up in just a few minutes with a great range of guests. but first, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . first, let's get the news with polly middlehurst. nigel thank you and good evening to you. >> we start with sad news at this bulletin. we have breaking news that's just come to us in the last few minutes from the irish believe the irish times. we believe the singer, o'connor died singer, sinead o'connor has died . it's been seven hours . and 58 . it's been seven hours. and 58 days. . it's been seven hours. and 58 days . she became a worldwide days. she became a worldwide sensation in 1990 with that version of nothing compares us to you, originally penned by prince, it was declared the world's number one single of the year at the billboard music awards . it's a developing story.

awards. it's a developing story. more as we get it, but that news just in to us. schneider o'connor has died. she was 56 years old. well, the other big news today is that the hollywood actor kevin spacey says he is grateful to the jury and he's also humbled after being found not guilty of sexually assaulting four men appearing outside southwark crown court today, kevin spacey addressed the media following the verdict . the crown prosecution service saying they respected the decision of the court. the 64 year old oscar winning actor shed tears as he said a jury had cleared him of all charges . cleared him of all charges. nigel farage says the entire board of the natwest group should resign and that the banking industry needs a cultural change. the former ceo of natwest is no longer a member of natwest is no longer a member of the prime minister's business council. dame alison rose has also resigned from her role on the energy efficiency task force and as a member of the net zero council. after being asked to step down by the secretary of state. and it comes after she

admitted she had discussed nigel farage's banking status with the exclusive coutts bank with a bbc journalist prompting her resignation as ceo of natwest group . the prime minister was group. the prime minister was met with jeers and heckling today as he defended the government's response to the infected blood scandal whilst giving evidence to the inquiry. rishi sunak said he didn't personally see a letter in 2020 preparing for the possibility of paying preparing for the possibility of paying compensation to victims . paying compensation to victims. >> his over three years and still no concrete compensation framework in sight and no information about that. >> what it might look like is that good enough? >> i think what i'd say is, of course, people want to see . the course, people want to see. the all i'd say is in order for the government to make decisions on compensate action, it is rightly has asked an independent inquiry

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britain's news . britain's news. channel >> good evening. let's have a quick recap, shall we? of the last 24 hours , at 5:42 pm. last 24 hours, at 5:42 pm. yesterday afternoon , there was a yesterday afternoon, there was a statement that came out from the natwest chairman, howard davis, an and from alison rose. and they made it absolutely clear that whilst she admitted a serious error of judgement as she revealed she was the source of the bbc story, but the board voiced full confidence in her. well, at 7:00 last night i had a response to that and i made it perfectly clear that alison rose and the coot's ceo , peter and the coot's ceo, peter flavell, and i also felt howard davis ought to resign. i felt what was in that statement last

night was just wrong in every regard. then at 9:49 pm, we learn that the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, had serious concerns. at 1030, the times front page dropped and it said number ten wants natwest boss to quit over farage and the editorials of all of the newspapers were absolutely scathing . how can you admit to scathing. how can you admit to breaching the most basic fundamental rule of banking and yet continue you in post? and how on earth could the board have supported it? and then after a very, very long board meeting that began at 11:00 last night . at 1:29 am. this night. at 1:29 am. this morning, we heard that that actually alison rose was going to go . so what do we make of it to go. so what do we make of it all? well, there are some who've come out today, rachel reeves, i think from the labour party being perhaps the most prominent of them, saying it's all wrong , of them, saying it's all wrong, of them, saying it's all wrong, of course she shouldn't have gone. she was doing a fantastic

job as ceo of natwest. well, let's have a little look, shall we, at the share price of natwest. and let's see how good a performance she put in. well, you'll see the precipitous fall in 2008 and what you'll see is actually they've made no share price progress of any kind at all over the course of the last 14 years. and no progress at all under dame alison's time. and today, the shares have taken a bit of a tumble. i've asked myself a couple of times, where the hell is the governor of the bank of england? where is he? but of course, the truth is, despite the fact that organisations since 1694 used to run the city of london and the banksin run the city of london and the banks in blair's time, that was all away to tick box all given away to tick box bureaucrats based in a building down in canary wharf. and talking of them, i can't see what really that the fca have been much use prompting. philip davis, conservative member of parliament from yorkshire to write mr rafi , who was the

write to mr rafi, who was the boss of the fca . and the nub of boss of the fca. and the nub of what he says is the chairman of natwest, sir howard davis, on finding out about this breach of confidentiality, said that he still retained confidence in dame alison until the public pressure forced her out . is pressure forced her out. is someone who learnt about a serious breach about his chief executive yet still happy for her to continue in post a fit and proper person to be chairman of a bank regulated by the fca. and what action do you propose to take? philip davis don't hold your breath for an answer. i'm astonished that it's just a medicine that has gone so far. i think more need to go. i think the whole board frankly made a stupendous error last night . stupendous error last night. either way, what my case has doneis either way, what my case has done is to lift the lid off a problem that was there anyway and i suspect this problem is much bigger than anybody realises . de banking has been realises. de banking has been happening on a very, very big

scale across this country and it is men and women running small businesses who above all that are being targeted . the banks are being targeted. the banks certainly don't want to take their cash any more. i will be in the course of the next few days launching a website . it days launching a website. it will be absolutely non political non—party political in any way at all. it will just be for everyone that has been banked to get together and i'll be asking you for your details. i'll be asking which bank got rid of you. i'll be asking whether any reasons were given. i'll help people to understand how to put in some subject access requests , which is how i found out the truth . and maybe if we can form truth. and maybe if we can form thousands of us, maybe it'll be tens of thousands of us. if we can form a powerful lobby, we can form a powerful lobby, we can get ministers and parliament to look at laws that need changing banking needs a cultural change. banking needs , cultural change. banking needs, legislative change, banking in britain right now is absolutely rotten. tell me at home what do

you think? is it right that she's resigned? farage at gbnews.com i'm joined by kwasi kwarteng , former chancellor of kwarteng, former chancellor of the exchequer . kwasi, is it the exchequer. kwasi, is it right that she's gone ? right that she's gone? >> absolutely. i mean, i was surprised at the statement last night as you were. yeah. when essentially the chairman said she did something very wrong. but we fully support her. in fact, as you've pointed out, what she did was the worst thing pretty much a banker can do apart from run off with the funds yourself to breach client customer confidentiality in that way is an absolute no no. and it was very surprising having admitted that she did that, that they supported her. >> very surprising and we've got a ceo of coots who, of course , a ceo of coots who, of course, endorsed my removal, my exit, as they called it, from the bank on political grounds, not economic grounds. we've got howard davis , whose job is to manage the governance of the bank, and that must be called into into question . we still own 39% of

question. we still own 39% of this banking group. you know , this banking group. you know, billions of taxpayers money, 45 billions of taxpayers money, 45 billion in total was initially pumped into this. are we getting value for money? >> well, look, i think that they've got questions to answer. i think the fact that you had to get a subject access request to expose the fact that what they said was completely wrong was porkies, essentially. that was the nub of the issue, because they'd said one thing and you found out that they were completely it was completely different. to read different. and actually to read the text, as i did of your subject access request, what they'd said about you, i mean, it was horrendous, extraordinary. you racist. extraordinary. you were racist. you're that, you're you're this, you're that, you're it and i think it was appalling. and i think the fact that you actually pursued that was critically important story . important to this whole story. and as you've pointed out, it's a just, a much wider story than just, you or some mps or political people . yeah, it's about small people. yeah, it's about small business people got in my mailbag a number of people who run very successful small businesses who've had exactly the problem . um, yeah. the problem. um, yeah. >> mean, are two there >> i mean, there are two there are angles here. i think are two angles here. i think forget the peps the moment,

forget the peps for the moment, although i'm going to be talking to in a moment, to royston smith mp in a moment, but got the cultural but you've got the cultural problem, which is banks are becoming political, banks are becoming political, banks are becoming that's becoming moral arbiters. that's right. andrew right. and i hope andrew griffith the riot act today. >> e’— today. >> you would have done >> i think you would have done on that point. >> the general banking point >> but the general banking point as sorry. mp yeah. as an mp yeah, sorry. mp yeah. how aware of this have you been ? >> 7. >>i 7_ >> i haven't ? >> i haven't been aware of 7 >> i haven't been aware of it at all, actually. i something well, it's something that bubbles in the, background and my the, in the background and my constituency is a great constituency is a great constituency small business. constituency for small business. lots lots people run lots and lots of people run businesses and they've all said to they've problems to me that they've had problems before, but this deliberate banking, of what views banking, because of what views you have or because of you may have or because of things that you're associated with, that's something that's new. what you did new. and i think what you did was shine a light on was actually shine a light on something that's very, very troubling whatever your troubling because whatever your political know, political views, you know, people don't agree with everything people everything i say. people don't agree you say. everything i say. people don't agrei you say. everything i say. people don't agrei think you say. everything i say. people don't agrei think there's you say. everything i say. people don't agrei think there's a you say. everything i say. people don't agrei think there's a generaly. but i think there's a general sense of fairness that you should to get call should be able to get a call service regardless of your your political affiliation or views. >> i mean, kwasi used to have >> i mean, kwasi we used to have i mean, cut to the end game on this. used to have the right

this. we used to have the right in country the fundamental in this country the fundamental right account. and you right to a bank account. and you and both each year and i both know as each year goes that's right. and as goes by. that's right. and as things become more digitised, i still think cash an still think cash plays an important yes, it does. important role. yes, it does. but really live but you can't really live without bank that without a bank account that right post office right went when the post office was yes, that right was privatised. yes, that right exists neighbouring, exists in our neighbouring, you know, germany, know, france, germany, countries like should we're instate like that should we're instate somehow i think we've got to somehow the i think we've got to look at that. >> i think think as you've >> i think i think as you've pointed out it's very you can't get very far in the modern world without a bank account. you know you're asked bank you're always being asked bank details. you're always being asked bank detailshow did you're always being asked bank details how did you you're always being asked bank detailshow did you get you're always being asked bank details how did you get your asked, how did you get your wages? how you how do you wages? how do you how do you actually the idea actually survive? and the idea that people are deprived of that, for that, i think is wrong for arbitrary reasons reasons arbitrary reasons as for reasons to do with woke culture or whatever might be. whatever it might be. and actually a thought actually what i find a thought experiment find interesting is experiment i find interesting is that if you'd jeremy corbyn that if you'd been jeremy corbyn and whatever reason, and for whatever reason, he'd been , moved been deprived, moved for political of a bank political grounds of a bank account from his bank. this would have been an absolute outcry and rightly, people would have furious that this have been furious that this could happen in britain and actually, when people i talk to

people about this, they say, well, think that this well, we didn't think that this could happen in britain. this is the sort of thing you about the sort of thing you read about in times china or all in soviet times or china or all of this . and i think it really of this. and i think it really stirs people's indignation. >> one final thought on this, if i may. globally, through the european union laws coming into our laws and through our own compliance with fca and elsewhere, we all know there's a massive problem with the international drugs, trade laundering money. we know that's a huge problem and we want to take steps to prevent it. i think the anti—money laundering legislation that has been put in place in this country has become a sledgehammer to miss the nut. we're not catching the big criminals and we're punishing small businesses. >> but that's what happens generally with a bureaucracy. i mean, look at hmrc who mean, you look at hmrc who generally have been in this problem, they will go for easy, easy prey. they go for people who are less likely to defend the little guy , the little the little guy, the little woman. right. small business, kwasi. >> that's right. i'm going to

i'm going to attempt to rally large numbers of these people. well, good for you. i we well, good for you. i think we need have really powerful need to have a really powerful group people here. i think group of people here. i think the i think scale of the the i think the scale of the problem is bigger than could problem is bigger than i could have imagined. two weeks have even imagined. two weeks ago. do we get change? ago. but how do we get change? >> think what you say >> well, i think what you say is, right approach. is, is the right approach. i think when you get galvanised people, of people, you get thousands of people, you get thousands of people problem is people because this problem is much i or you much bigger than i or you anticipated. and that's where you you get movements and you get you get movements and people writing to people should be writing to their mps. and slowly it their mps. and then slowly it percolates government percolates up to government and actually government i think actually the government i think have done a reasonable and reasonable. >> they responded my situation. >> that's right. they have. they have. and they didn't have to do that. and in many instances that. no. and in many instances they know, the they haven't, you know, in the past. think the last past. but i think over the last couple of weeks, they've done well. i think. alison rose well. and i think. alison rose they right. cabinet they were right. cabinet ministers, think were briefing ministers, i think were briefing yesterday. way yesterday. there was no way she could mean, you know, could stay. i mean, you know, any who had done that any bank clerk who had done that would been sacked would have been sacked immediately, immediately, you know. that could know. so the idea that she could get with think was, get away with that, i think was, again, people's sense of again, against people's sense of fairness . fairness.

>> w- >> kwasi kwarteng absolute pleasure have you on the pleasure to have you on the show. now, a case that is genuinely shocking. royston smith conservative member smith is a conservative member of parliament for southampton. itchen royston smith is a great citizen and a winner in the past of a bravery award. and i caught wind this morning of the fact that royston smith had been chucked out of tsb bank and finished up with his money frozen. surely royston smith, this cannot be true . this cannot be true. >> well, you wouldn't think so , >> well, you wouldn't think so, nigel, would you? but this has been going on since april 22nd, when i first wrote to robin bulloch, who is the chief exec of tsb. i've written to him now a further four times. so five times in total. a further four times. so five times in total . and he has not times in total. and he has not had the common courtesy or decency even to acknowledge my letters . i've had some replies letters. i've had some replies from their public affairs people from their public affairs people from time to time, but the last twice that i wrote to the chief exec, i demanded my money back. i said that i would hold him

personally responsible and i said i would take legal action. and nigel, do you know, he didn't even reply to that letter. so they have now been sitting with my money in their bank for over a year. >> this is absolutely disgusting. royston i mean, by the way, the chief executive of the way, the chief executive of the ceo of coutts hasn't responded to my three letters, so i do understand that. so your money's literally been frozen . money's literally been frozen. your >> yeah. what happened was when they finally kicked me out without explanation and i went to the ombudsman, they were worse than useless. they're supposed to do their investigations within eight weeks. didn't bother . weeks. they didn't bother. months complained to months passed, i complained to them and they apologised and offered me which i refused offered me £75, which i refused and asked them just to get on with the by the time with the job. but by the time they threw me out they sent me a cheque which by the time i could find anyone that would bank me had expired. i went back to had expired. so i went back to them a of the cheque them with a copy of the cheque with all the details, and i asked them could they reissue it? do that in it? i asked them to do that in april. i asked them again in

june.i april. i asked them again in june. i followed lead, june. i followed your lead, nigel, put in a subject nigel, and i put in a subject access request last week. nothing has been replied, but today , after i tweeted, i did today, after i tweeted, i did get something. an email from their public affairs department which said , and further to the which said, and further to the complaint you highlighted on social media this morning, i'm getting in touch to offer a telephone call with you to discuss how we can resolve the issue . my tweet wasn't a issue. my tweet wasn't a complaint this morning. my tweet was the last of a 15 month complaint where i've been trying to get my money back from tsb and robin bulloch, the chief exec, hasn't even had the courtesy to respond . courtesy to respond. >> well, i would speculate . >> well, i would speculate. royston smith, if it could happen to you, it could happen to any of your constituent . it's to any of your constituent. it's i'm going to invite you, royston, when i get this campaign up and running. i'm a completely non—party political campaign to campaign up and running to defend the rights of those that have been debunked across this country . i'm have been debunked across this country. i'm going to have been debunked across this country . i'm going to invite you country. i'm going to invite you to join me and help because to join me and help me because you what it's like you know what it's like this

desperate that desperate feeling that you've been over the course of been through over the course of the last year. extraordinary story . thank you for sharing it story. thank you for sharing it with us. and i hope you get some satisfaction in with this phone call. royston smith, mp, thank you for joining call. royston smith, mp, thank you forjoining us. well, i have to say, the whole thing, it just doesn't it the more we learn about all of this , the worse and about all of this, the worse and worse it gets . i genuinely worse it gets. i genuinely believe i've lifted the lid here on something very, very big. in a moment, some more examples of people who have been callously and wrongly debunked this is, i promise you, a major national scandal and we're going to do something about it.

radio. so this morning, gb news went to the natwest hq in the city of london to ask people, was it right that alison rose has gone

day for dame alison rose to resign as head of natwest? >> definitely disgraceful . yeah. disgraceful. >> don't really have an opinion , but probably she's she's wrong. she's wrong and she seems a bit of an overreaction, isn't it? >> no, not really. we don't support farage, so it's not the matter of which she should have stepped down. yeah >> anybody that leaks a, i think anybody that says anything about anybody that says anything about a personal bank account. so far, isn't it? that's not. it's your personal isn't it? >> yeah . i don't, i don't think >> yeah. i don't, i don't think it's that . i don't think it's it's that. i don't think it's that grave an era , in my that grave an era, in my opinion. i think. >> well , she was opinion. i think. >> well, she was caught lying , >> well, she was caught lying, so she has to go a bank account in natwest, are you? >> i, i closed it because of their behaviour. they are appalling. and the whole board should go. >> no, i don't think that's okay. but as a customer of natwest, i am happy with them. >> i think the penultimate chat was much my camp, but was very much in my camp, but there we are. that was our quick snapshot of on the streets and

i've said this over the last few days. i've just been completely overwhelmed by the inbox that i've had over the last couple of weeks and by some of the stories. i mean, here's one here you know, my daughter had a natwest bank account closed in april, left her no access to money, not west, did not care. and she was told had to go to a food bank . i and she was told had to go to a food bank. i find it absolutely extraordinary . another one here extraordinary. another one here after banking with natwest for 20 years, all of my accounts were closed without explanation. they were closed on a friday afternoon . at the end of the afternoon. at the end of the month, the advice of the bank was to borrow money from friends and family. despite holding money in my own account . folks, money in my own account. folks, i promise you this is a big national scandal. i promise you this is a big national scandal . well, i've national scandal. well, i've said before this is non—party political . and joining me is political. and joining me is lloyd russell—moyle , labour mp lloyd russell—moyle, labour mp

for brighton kemptown and pep. he's a politically exposed person. it means he may well be the front for some huge colombian drug running gang , colombian drug running gang, living in a £50 million mansion in kensington and having a chauffeur driven rolls. but i do wish i don't think you are really are you like just, you know, you're somebody you've gone into public life. you've had this pep status attached to you. what's it meant for you? well >> well, a few years ago, the bank phoned me up and said, we're considering your bank staying with us. this was natwest, but i've had it with other as well. and other banks as well. and they said, to fill in said, we want you to fill in detailed forms about who you live with, who you mix with, who gives you money. you mix with people who you're close to, etcetera, etcetera . so people etcetera, etcetera. so people who are i guess, have some financial arrangements with and they said you've got to fill in this form. they sent the form to me and it was already filled in by a staff member of an embassy somewhere else in london. they sent me someone else's form and

i wrote back to them saying, i'm not comfortable providing any details because details to you because clearly you an understanding you don't have an understanding of protection. similar kind of data protection. similar kind of data protection. similar kind of what you've had, but of case to what you've had, but at a lower level. and they at a much lower level. and they wrote saying, if you wrote back saying, well, if you don't us this don't provide us this information your bank, is information on your bank, is going the way of the dodo. so in the end, i provided them some limited information that had limited information that i had to i've had a situation where i was on board of charity was on the board of a charity and another bank didn't want to open an with them open up an account with them because said i was because they said i was too politically exposed. in the end, the local charity said, we thought the bank thought having you on the bank would trustees would would be on, the trustees would be an asset. but actually it's a disadvantage. please leave the board. people who have board. i've had people who have been lodgers who been my lodgers who have struggled get accounts struggled to get bank accounts and when written them and when i've written them letters saying they're lodging with you know, they do live with me, you know, they do live here. it's made their life harder, easier, because the harder, not easier, because the bank says, oh, they're linked with you. then and that was santander, for example. this with you. then and that was s.big nder, for example. this with you. then and that was s.big problem.example. this with you. then and that was s.big problem. but1ple. this with you. then and that was s.big problem. but the. this with you. then and that was s.big problem. but the bigger a big problem. but the bigger problem i think, is that banks think that they have the right

just shut accounts just to open and shut accounts at nilly and really at willy nilly and really what we and you've we need and what you've discussed is have a clear discussed is to have a clear mandate that there needs to be a legal to an account. so legal right to an account. so you wouldn't take people's cash away accounts are like away and bank accounts are like cash nowadays. now, some people will be cash criminally, will be using cash criminally, some people will be using bank accounts criminally. the accounts criminally. but the threshold shut a bank down threshold to shut a bank down should be same threshold as should be the same threshold as taking of someone's hand. >> yeah, i think that's absolutely right. have you had much feedback from constituents over well, i've had much feedback from constituents overhad well, i've had much feedback from constituents overhad constituents, i've had much feedback from constituents overhad constituents, small|d i've had constituents, small businesses talking to me about how they have struggled get how they have struggled to get a bank accounts and then when they have them, they will get random calls saying, please, can you tell us what this transfer was or what this? >> it won't necessarily be >> but it won't necessarily be what transfer was what this transfer was yesterday. it will be two months ago. what was that? cash transfer you put in? and if transfer that you put in? and if you can't tell us, we're shutting account what shutting your account down. what business that off business can tell you that off the like that? it's just the cuff like that? it's just madness . madness. >> i'm going to launch this non—party campaign. very non—party campaign. you are very welcome join us welcome to help us and join us because going sign

because we're going to need sign up. we're going to need because we're going to need sign up. in/e're going to need because we're going to need sign up. in parliamentto need because we're going to need sign up. in parliament on1eed because we're going to need sign up. in parliament on this voices in parliament on this because need get real, not because we need to get real, not just cultural change within the banks themselves over free speech, but genuine speech, etcetera, but genuine legislative change. to make this easier people a easier and to give people a right to account. i was right to a bank account. i was very that keir starmer very pleased that keir starmer said it was right that dame alison and what had alison went and what had happened to me was wrong and i mean, you clearly think it's right has gone look , i right that she has gone look, i think that it was so foolish for to her a wine or whatever dinner to her a wine or whatever dinner to suddenly start chatting about an individual customer's account i >> -- >> yeah, but i actually think the reason that she's had to go is because they have not yet admitted to this bigger failure here. and they think they they thought they could get off with just saying, oh well it's a nigel problem. and overnight what people started to say is actually, you know, this isn't a nigel problem. this is a wider problem. as that castle problem. and as that castle crumbled, she's realised that she's go . she's had to go. >> absolutely. lloyd fascinating. did pressing in a way, if an mp can't help a

charity , you wonder what good charity, you wonder what good can you do in public life and this is unfinished for business thousands, tens of thousands of people all over the country. thank you for joining people all over the country. thank you forjoining me. thank thank you for joining me. thank you. this evening and sharing that story. now alexandra tolstoy, who's had an interesting back story but has finished up with her bank accounts being closed with, as i understand, alexandra, no reason being given little access to money and just tell us about the human side of this. >> so i'm a single parent of three children and their father contributes nothing, has contributed nothing for 7 or 8 years. and after he left the country, i went to bank natwest banked with them. everything was fine. i'm always in credit. i run two businesses through companies house. i have an accountant. everything is complete, transparent, and then suddenly, out the blue, three suddenly, out of the blue, three months natwest wrote me months ago, natwest wrote to me and will be closing and said, we will be closing your in your accounts down in two months. and frantically on months. and i was frantically on the phone trying to get the personal know, personal manager, you know, who'd over me like a who'd been all over me like a rash. why why? she just

rash. why why? and she just wouldn't calls. wouldn't answer my calls. wouldn't email. and so wouldn't answer an email. and so i in a panic, opened i just, in a panic, opened a digital account and did i didn't get my money out, but get all of my money out, but i managed to most of it out. managed to get most of it out. and since then, have and since then, people have helped me like, send helped me and told me like, send an subject access request, which by months ago i'd by the way, two months ago i'd never of it, but i've never heard of it, but i've learned how valuable it can be. well, had because well, i luckily had because someone had told me. but natwest , needless say, i submitted , needless to say, i submitted it. they have gone beyond the threshold of the time. they're longer legally they longer than they legally they legally gdpr legislation legally under gdpr legislation have to respond to that within 30 days. >> you're saying they haven't done that? >> they have not responded. and i've complained to the ioc, filed a formal complaint and they've just written me a rude little message. natwest, we are doing delayed. doing this, but we're delayed. well, good enough. well, that's not good enough. have tried ombudsman? well, that's not good enough. ha\ it tried ombudsman? well, that's not good enough. ha\ it wastried ombudsman? well, that's not good enough. ha\ it was interesting.1budsman? well, that's not good enough. ha\ it was interesting. yesisman? >> it was interesting. yes royston smith earlier called them worse useless. them worse than useless. >> than they >> worse than useless. they said, will come back to you said, we will come back to you within months. i was in within four months. and i was in in four months. i'm single in four months. i'm a single parent. i could have lost my children. i could how can children. i could have. how can four not eating

four children exist? not eating for i not for four months? how can i not pay for four months? how can i not pay rent? for four months? how can i not paythet? for four months? how can i not paythe things that tough, right? >> the things that tough, right? >> the things that tough, right? >> do you literally >> because how do you literally exist this society without a exist in this society without a card, bank account? card, without a bank account? you i can't. even our you know, i can't. even in our local co—op, can't pay with local co—op, you can't pay with cash. it just doesn't happen. and so, yes, i think it's absolutely and still natwest, i then data then found out from a data company world—check, who suppued company world—check, who supplied banks supplied most high street banks with that they with their data that they admitted that they just googled me and found claimed i lived in monaco and was married to an oligarch. well, i went, neither of these facts are true and they went, sorry, we'll delete went, okay, sorry, we'll delete all i went back to all that. so then i went back to natwest said, you're, you natwest and said, you're, you know, used false data. natwest and said, you're, you know, you used false data. natwest and said, you're, you know, you now ;ed false data. natwest and said, you're, you know, you now please e data. natwest and said, you're, you know, you now please apologise? could you now please apologise? and said, no, that's not and they said, no, that's not the used, but we're not the data we used, but we're not going tell what it is. so going to tell you what it is. so how did you manage through it? >> what was the solution? i mean, clearly you were going through very difficult, through a very difficult, a difficult all of difficult time through all of this great worry. what solution did did you get through? >> well, i've gone to a digital bank, i'm very, very worried bank, but i'm very, very worried because bank, because every single bank, digital, they use the digital, whatever they use the same and so my same data companies. and so my fear will be okay for

fear is that i will be okay for a few months and then the same thing will happen again. so that's really want to that's why i really want to campaign to and i've had so campaign and to and i've had so many just normal because campaign and to and i've had so mandone: normal because campaign and to and i've had so mandone a|ormal because campaign and to and i've had so man done a thing. because campaign and to and i've had so mandone a thing. instagrasze i've done a thing on instagram saying the sa forms saying if you want the sa forms , yeah, write to me and i'll email and i've emailed hundreds of today. of them today. >> you've started the >> i think you've started the campaign actually, campaign before me actually, at the it. the sounds of it. >> well i'm very happy to join you and help because is you and help because this is a much story. the thousands you and help because this is a m|completely;tory. the thousands you and help because this is a m|completely normale thousands you and help because this is a m|completely normal people ands you and help because this is a m|completely normal people who of completely normal people who have small businesses. i read about florist who just had about a florist who just had her, didn't know why, it her, didn't know why, and it cripples business. not only cripples your business. not only that, you just you can't exist. i couldn't got here tonight i couldn't have got here tonight if i didn't have a bank account. >> and there is a sense of fear, isn't you get that. you isn't there? you get that. you get letter the bank. get that letter from the bank. there a sense of fear. i there is a sense of fear. i mean, with me, it was more angen mean, with me, it was more anger, be honest. mean, with me, it was more angso be honest. mean, with me, it was more angso mine honest. mean, with me, it was more angso mine wasest. mean, with me, it was more angso mine was very, very >> so mine was very, very fearful because i don't have anyone me or helping fearful because i don't have any with me or helping fearful because i don't have anywith my me or helping fearful because i don't have anywith my children.e or helping fearful because i don't have anywith my children. andielping fearful because i don't have anywith my children. and i lping fearful because i don't have anywith my children. and i work me with my children. and i work in very remote places with no connection. just there connection. and i was just there panicking what is going to panicking like, what is going to happen? fear is because happen? and the fear is because these organised actions are so huge sort of soviet in their

huge and sort of soviet in their you you can't call you know, makeup, you can't call someone to someone, you can't speak to someone, you can't speak to someone, they no, no. push someone, they just no, no. push you with these digital you away with all these digital digital has sort of digital britain has sort of taken that human connection i >> -- >> well, alexandra, i'm absolutely astonished that your subject access request has not yet come back . i suspect after yet come back. i suspect after this appearance on gb news, it will come back rather more quickly than it might have done. i'm going to invite you back. let's see what it has to say. and yeah, let's let's go out. i mean, you know , we're fortunate mean, you know, we're fortunate in one way that yes , i feel very in one way that yes, i feel very fortunate i've got a public voice, but that's why i want to help other people, because there are a lot of people out there. one of the things last night after show last night, after the show last night, i went out for a drink and a quick bite to eat a chat. he sort bite to eat and a chat. he sort of grabbed my hand. he was an italian living in london, getting payments from from getting payments in from from italy. been italy. he's account had been frozen. said to me, he frozen. and he said to me, he said he said, look, i'm a remainer. you know, i don't think i will. so what you know, it matter, he but it doesn't matter, he said, but please for and what please fight for us. and what i've sensed coming through the

emails people desperate at emails are people desperate at last? desperate. emails are people desperate at lastyeah, desperate. emails are people desperate at lastyeah, because esperate. emails are people desperate at lastyeah, because we've te. emails are people desperate at lastyeah, because we've been, you >> yeah, because we've been, you know, outside the eu , many know, outside the eu, many countries a human right to countries it is a human right to have a bank account. countries it is a human right to have a bank account . you know, have a bank account. you know, we live in a digital society. it's not our fault what we used to have that right until the post office was privatised and i want vince to come on want sir vince cable to come on this next and to this program next week and to explain people why he took explain to people why he took away basic for us to away the basic right for us to have bank account. have a bank account. >> may well be a >> there may well be a commercial reason for doing so. well, thank you. well, alexandra, thank you. thank you. >> w- e having me. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for having me. >> to all of my guests >> thank you to all of my guests that have on and described that have come on and described their problems. and i want to say this. had a lot of say this. we've had a lot of examples tonight of natwest, but it this it isn't just natwest. this problem much deeper, right problem is much deeper, right throughout british throughout the british banking industry . and the things industry. and one of the things i i can find and if we get i hope i can find and if we get this campaign up and running and if i to people, please help if i say to people, please help me you , we may well find me to help you, we may well find out who the worst offenders really are . well, i'm going to really are. well, i'm going to stick financial affairs. stick with financial affairs. we're through a cost of we're going through a cost of living of many living crisis, the price of many things has gone up hugely. one

of them is car insurance . have of them is car insurance. have you noticed how much more expensive your car insurer is? could this almost be insurance? because many people simply won't be able to afford it. all of that in a

>> you're listening to gb news radio . expert. radio. expert. >> well, we can't live without bank accounts, but equally, it's rather difficult to live without insurance, and particularly if you have a motor car and there are 37 million of them on the road. yes, they really are. mayor sadiq khan, i know you don't like them, but a lot of us actually need motor cars. but something strange is going in something strange is going on in the motor. insurers market and steve smart is a solicitor and an expert in the insurance area. steve we've been having a look and i've noticed it myself. know i use an insurance broker loan really in kent, you know, and i want them to try and find me

decent prices and i'm very happy to pay them a commission to do that work for me. and i'm getting these quotes. what do you it can't possibly be you mean it can't possibly be that. and we're getting some of these case studies through, you know, car insurance renewal increasing by 84% at some quotes that are just so high, they're ludicrous. but even if you operate competitive actively within the car insurance market, the rises over the last 2 or 3 years are huge. what the hell is going on? >> well , it is actually going on? >> well, it is actually quite bonkers. i mean , generally, as bonkers. i mean, generally, as you said, that market is quite competitive. the products quite lots of companies, lots of companies , commoditized product. companies, commoditized product. but i mean, i guess it's basically everything that's going on in the world at the moment. so second hand car values have rocketed. i mean, you average of cheap you know, average sort of cheap cars between 15 and 40% cars gone up between 15 and 40% in just a few years . and of in just a few years. and of course, all these things increase the payout and insurer has pay in claims. has to pay in claims. >> if you're insuring a >> so yeah, if you're insuring a more valuable clearly

more valuable product, clearly the premium will yeah. the premium will rise. yeah. >> then around the back of >> and then around the back of that you've got spare parts or also more expensive. there's also more expensive. there's also things that seem quite minor that are actually a little more than that. so you've got things like delays in getting parts, particularly tech parts with chips in and things. so if you have an accident and your car is the road, you could car is off the road, you could wait a serious chip. >> yes, exactly. shortage and worry. so see that that's worry. so i can see that that's fed yeah. fed in. yeah. >> then >> and then and then what happensin >> and then and then what happens in that situation is that that delay, particularly if you've decent policy you've got a half decent policy , you have to , will mean that you have to have a higher for longer. so have a higher car for longer. so all those things drive all of those things drive the costs up. i mean, there is one thing that is a sort of a kind of unusual phenomena and it's what i call sort of clustering and what's happened because motor insurance become so motor insurance has become so expensive, particularly for young .i expensive, particularly for young . i mean, you're young drivers. i mean, you're talking anywhere from from £700 to 4000 in some cases, absolutely crazy . what's absolutely crazy. what's happenedis absolutely crazy. what's happened is a lot of the youngsters, particularly on social have of social media, have kind of grouped together terms of grouped together in terms of information clouds, and they've

sort of said, well, which cars are the best to buy? which are the cheapest to insure? so what happens is you get a lot of young people migrating to a vehicle, all vehicle type that's cheap and then cheap to insure. and then unfortunately, they're unfortunately, because they're usually two usually having the accidents two years the worst years later, they're the worst car so the whole market car to have. so the whole market is quite and of course, the black box offered black box is offered to youngsters, it? black box is offered to youyes.ers, it? >> yes. >> yes. >> and that's that's a you know, that's not without problems. i mean i see a fairfew that's not without problems. i mean i see a fair few claims problems with those and particularly on the particularly about people on the subject in your subject of bank accounts in your program, know, getting their program, you know, getting their policies cancelled. so >> okay. so we've >> whoa. okay okay. so we've talked about cancel culture in banking . yeah. you're saying banking. yeah. you're saying there is a risk of this growing within the insurance world, too? >> yes . i within the insurance world, too? >> yes. i mean, there is so the insurance world is a little more subtle than that in terms of what's happened. so typically the process you go through is when you buy a policy, you answer a series of questions and your insurer will screen you. then they like the then if they don't like the information they'll information you provide, they'll bump saying as bump you saying usually as a genenc bump you saying usually as a generic comment, you don't meet our underwriting guidelines, so

we can't insure but we can't insure you. but actually that's the sort of that's the nice part of the equation. what sort slightly equation. what sort of slightly more that if you go more sinister is that if you go ahead buy the policy and ahead and buy the policy and then will lie then most policies will lie dormant the insurer has dormant because the insurer has no to deal with them no need to deal with them anymore because paid your anymore because you paid your premium. and then, know, premium. and then, you know, the problem is problem will arise, which is what with all day long, what i deal with all day long, is have a claim. so the is when you have a claim. so the insurer what you insurer will look at what you told when you bought the told them when you bought the policy. they'll cross—check that through databases. through various databases. there's you've there's cifas for fraud. you've got called claims got what's called the claims underwriting exchange, is underwriting exchange, which is like exchange like a data exchange between insurers. you've given like a data exchange between insureor. you've given like a data exchange between insur

and come out and i want to drive and come out and i want to drive a car, i need to get insured somewhere, don't i? >> yes. >> yes. >> i mean, you, you, you can do that. i mean, there are various carriers in the market that will deal with what's high risk things. mean, you see those things. i mean, you see those things. i mean, you see those things actually they're quite prevalent like travel prevalent in like the travel insurance business. every day insurance business. so every day on telly, you on daytime telly, it's, you know, risk, sort of know, a high risk, high sort of medical and the same is medical issue. and the same is for drivers. if a driver, for drivers. if you're a driver, you to go to the right you have to go to the right carriers, insurers, and usually through but the through a broker. but the problem when you problem comes when you when you haven't provided the right information, when you buy. and then what happens when you then what happens is when you have a claim, normally the insurer will look at that information you didn't information and say, you didn't tell or give us tell us the truth or give us everything need to know. everything we need to know. therefore without getting overly legal, never met. so legal, our minds never met. so we didn't form the contract and then in a major problem then you're in a major problem because you bought a promise thinking it would you look after you hard times. so you in your in in hard times. so in fact you realise nothing in fact you realise is nothing there and then you have spend there and then you have to spend a of time and money hiring a lot of time and money hiring people like me to, to sort the problem out , people like me to, to sort the problem out, which is and the

other odd thing proof of ownership. >> you know, we don't have a document that actually makes this legal owner of a car. do this a legal owner of a car. do we know? >> see i've seen that >> and i see i've seen that quite, i mean, quite, quite a lot. i mean, there's all sorts of arbitraging between things like registered keeper who's the owner, who's financing it, who's the who's the main driver. financing it, who's the who's the main driver . and you see the main driver. and you see that quite a lot with young drivers, with the concept called fronting and dad fronting where your mum and dad buy car. they say, well, we're buy a car. they say, well, we're the main drivers, but our son or daughter drives. in fact, the other way round. and lo and behold, child has an behold, the child has an accident. you accident. and then before, you know there's all sorts of i know it, there's all sorts of i mean, of evidence, all that. >> we don't have an ownership document. >> yes. i mean, that sort of that's that's really right. i think is odd. we don't have think it is odd. we don't have an ownership document. and generally the database, generally the central database, if those sorts of if you like, for those sorts of things is dvla for things is the dvla for registered keeper . and other registered keeper. and other than it's purely than that, it's a purely contractual which very, contractual which i find very, very odd. >> so look, the fact is it's you still believe a true still believe it's a true competitive market. i do, yeah. the prices have up. you've the prices have gone up. you've explained the reasons why it's

bloomin yeah. bloomin expensive. yeah. yeah. and the of and becoming beyond the reach of some and becoming beyond the reach of sonwell, we're totally and >> well, we're totally and that's another problem in terms of because you of criminality because you increasingly see young drivers not having car insurance because they can't afford it. i mean, i think i think to be fair to the industry, because quite a industry, because it's quite a cyclical it is and it cyclical market and it is and it is generally competitive once those out of those lumps have come out of things supply chain and things like the supply chain and the car productions back up and the car productions back up and the you know, whole thing the you know, the whole thing about vehicles is about about electric vehicles is about to get a bit more momentum behind think behind it. but i think things will down. premiums have will settle down. premiums have historically been very expensive for young drivers. but i think i mean , i personally had quite mean, i personally had quite a shock recently , you know, sort shock recently, you know, sort of in the insurance of boring guy in the insurance industry a lawyer. and my industry and a lawyer. and my premiums 40% for premiums gone up by 40% for doing and i haven't had doing nothing. and i haven't had an 25 years, sort an accident for 25 years, sort of thing. >> wow. >> wow. >> final thought. maybe the >> but final thought. maybe the good news here is i'm not going to get insured aligning to get insured for not aligning with values of the insurance company. >> no, that's actually pretty rare stand up for the rare to stand up for the industry problem industry if there's a problem they normally screen you out early asking you a question. early by asking you a question. so know that you

so you never know that you haven't coverage, but it's haven't got coverage, but it's i've very rarely come across a case where somebody said, we don't like you. we're not going to we're going to cancel your policy because, as i say, what they normally do is once they've sold you policy, which sold you the policy, which they're completely to they're completely free to refuse, they usually refuse, what they usually do is they'll it dormant until they'll leave it dormant until you and then you have a claim and then they'll look at you and they'll look at, did you tell us the truth you and. truth when you and. >> and is there any small >> yeah. and is there any small print in there? >> i mean i don't know anyone normal that's the legal normal that's not in the legal world like that reason world if you like that reason insurance policy it's 50 insurance policy because it's 50 pages gobbledegook, you know. pages of gobbledegook, you know. >> i know. no, you're >> i know, i know. no, you're absolutely right. thanks >> i know, i know. no, you're absjoining right. thanks >> i know, i know. no, you're absjoining rig on thanks >> i know, i know. no, you're absjoining rigon that thanks >> i know, i know. no, you're absjoining rigon that subject.1 for joining us on that subject. and you know, steve's and yeah, you know, steve's right. should all read the right. we should all read the small the small small print, including the small print, of course, of what we have banks. stuck print, of course, of what we hathe banks. stuck print, of course, of what we hathe privacy banks. stuck print, of course, of what we hathe privacy policy. stuck print, of course, of what we hathe privacy policy. they stuck print, of course, of what we hathe privacy policy. they havek in the privacy policy. they have the right if they want yes. the right to our social media. right to check our social media. the what? the farage moment. it's about manste and the holding, holding centre and holding, the holding centre and an foi has shown that £15,000 has been spent on xbox , rs, ps4,

has been spent on xbox, rs, ps4, s and nintendo's and look, you know, this argument goes round and round and round. manston is supposed to be somewhere where people are only spend a couple of days. why are we spending all this money games? i don't of days. why are we spending all this myow games? i don't of days. why are we spending all this myou don't ames? i don't of days. why are we spending all this myou don't know? i don't of days. why are we spending all this myou don't know ? don't of days. why are we spending all this myou don't know ? butl't of days. why are we spending all this myou don't know ? but i: of days. why are we spending all this myou don't know ? but i can know. you don't know? but i can promise you one thing. you won't be getting many migrant stories over the course of the next week because with a test match starting tomorrow at the oval, predictably going to be wet predictably it's going to be wet and windy. in a moment, i speak to former thames valley police crime and crime commissioner anthony about anthony stansfeld about a banking scandal in reading real hurt to small businesses and his fear that we may not know the whole picture .

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manchester and we have moved venues. manchester and we have moved venues . we've got a bigger venues. we've got a bigger venue. we did the same last week when we were in south wales in newport. and so accordingly we do now have 20 spare tickets . if do now have 20 spare tickets. if you want to come along for a live show tomorrow. farage at large gbnews.com is where to go to get the tickets. you better get in pretty blooming quickly now . now as get in pretty blooming quickly now. now as andy get in pretty blooming quickly now . now as andy stansfield is now. now as andy stansfield is former thames valley police and crime commissioner. he served from 2013 to 2021. i think at one point, anthony, you had one of the biggest conservative majorities in the whole. >> i think i did, of the country. >> now, in redding, which was in your patch there was with quite a serious bank ing scandal that affected once again with this theme is consistent , affected theme is consistent, affected small businesses. what happened basically , boss redding was basically, boss redding was systemically taking down small companies and medium sized

companies and medium sized companies and medium sized companies and pillaging them and they probably made off. >> we don't know the figure, but it was probably about 850 million. we prosecuted on 245 million. we prosecuted on 245 million. it took us three years to other police forces had turned the case down, as had the sfo. if we hadn't prosecuted it and i give great credit to the chief constable sara thornton, for taking it on and they were all found guilty throughout the case. we did not have the full cooperation of lloyds bank, who owned hbos . they denied a fraud owned hbos. they denied a fraud had taken place . and it wasn't had taken place. and it wasn't until the jury returned its verdict that they put their hands up and admitted it, and they knew perfectly well. and i had the internal emails that showed they knew perfectly well . but was going on in boss . but what was going on in boss redding was going on systemically out of other banking centres , as notably, i banking centres, as notably, i believe, bristol gresham in london and also and so this is this is the closing down of small accounts and taking cash . small accounts and taking cash. and it's well, if i can sort of

give a very broad because they're all slightly different. but if a company is worth 100 million and it's got assets and proprietary rights and everything and it wants to expand and it borrowed £10 million, they would wait until the money was committed and then call the loan in and then demolish demolish the company , demolish demolish the company, go for the director's personal guarantees and divvy up the assets. and they made fortunes. the global reconstructing group of rbs in scotland was not meant to be a cost centre that made money. it made hundreds of millions, if not into the billions and exactly the same was going on in lloyds with their bsu, their business support unit. again it was deliberately taking down company is to make money and that went on quite so shortly. >> yeah systemically you believe this has been going on for some time? >> it's been going on for quite a time. yes >> why on earth, anthony and terrific that you did push that

case and work on that case in redding and get some justice there . why are so few people in there. why are so few people in parliament spoken out about this? i don't know. >> i took it to the prime minister, actually. i took theresa may. i took it to cameron every time i actually went out to the head of the cabinet secretary theresa may passed it on to and he wrote to me and said, these very serious allegations, i'll look into them. and i wrote him in certain amount of details and he wrote back to me said , i've taken back to me and said, i've taken advice on this and i've been advised talk to you . i advised not to talk to you. i mean, absolutely unbelievable how helpful i have. >> the how helpful. >> the how helpful. >> well, it was covered up. >> well, so it was covered up. well, you've been an absolute you've been an absolute terrier on one, anthony. you on this one, anthony. and you know, the in know, regarding the case in redding, for lloyds redding, a spokesman for lloyds said the group said that the group will continue provide every continue to provide every assistance the review requires in order that it can conclude its investigation. and around bristol , the lloyds banking bristol, the lloyds banking group strongly denies any

wrongdoing . anthony, thank you wrongdoing. anthony, thank you for joining me on the program. forjoining me on the program. i'm sitting next to jacob rees—mogg. jacob, good evening . rees—mogg. jacob, good evening. good evening. she did go in the end. hubbard's one this morning. she had to it was quite clear when we were talking last night that broken the cardinal that she had broken the cardinal rule of banking. >> i think you had kwasi kwarteng earlier said kwarteng on earlier who said that than embezzlement, kwarteng on earlier who said that was than embezzlement, kwarteng on earlier who said that was nothing1bezzlement, kwarteng on earlier who said that was nothing more ement, kwarteng on earlier who said that was nothing more wrong, there was nothing more wrong that she could have done. >> no, absolutely. >> no, absolutely. >> when statement came >> and when the statement came out admitting to being out of her admitting to being the source, was obvious she the source, it was obvious she had get the board backed her had to get the board backed her weird without getting the support of the major shareholder . so you then have stunning us? yes. the british people and downing street then said, well, we don't think this is such a good idea. and the board suddenly in a panic, oh, dear, oh dear. >> lots more of jacob coming up on state of the nation in a moment. but first, well, it's the first day test the first day of the test tomorrow it's going to rain, isn't i know it is . isn't it? i know it is. >> the temperature is rising . >> the temperature is rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of

weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your gb news weather forecast. i'm craig snell. well, looking ahead to thursday , for most of us it's to thursday, for most of us it's going to be fairly cloudy. some outbreaks of rain, too, but if you in central and eastern you live in central and eastern parts, fairly parts, it will feel fairly humid. so here's the situation as end wednesday. got a huge as we end wednesday. got a huge area of low pressure really dominating proceedings and weather bringing weather fronts, bringing in bands rain. some this rain bands of rain. some of this rain will quite heavy and will be quite heavy and persistent through the persistent as we go through the course night. also course of the night. also bringing a lot mist bringing in quite a lot of mist and fog, especially across southern the country. southern parts of the country. also breezy to the far also quite breezy to the far northeast of scotland here. actually, we will stay quite dry with some clear spells. so a little bit chilly here. temperatures falling down to around 5 or degrees. but for around 5 or 6 degrees. but for the of us, a much milder the rest of us, a much milder night late. temperatures night than of late. temperatures not falling much lower than 15 or so we do start or 16 degrees. so we do start the quite mild , but also the day quite mild, but also quite grey, murky and damp. but as the day goes on, we should see some improvements . it may see some improvements. it may well though, down towards

well linger though, down towards the far south coast of the very far south coast of england across england and also across scotland, elsewhere some scotland, but elsewhere some sunshine develop, but that scotland, but elsewhere some suns well develop, but that scotland, but elsewhere some suns well in develop, but that scotland, but elsewhere some suns well in turn'elop, but that scotland, but elsewhere some suns well in turn trigger ut that scotland, but elsewhere some suns well in turn trigger a that scotland, but elsewhere some suns well in turn trigger a fewt may well in turn trigger a few showers . but where we do see the showers. but where we do see the sunnier skies potentially over towards anglia and the towards east anglia and the west, we could highs west, we could see highs reaching here around 24 or 25 degrees. but elsewhere, if you do see the rain linger, it will feel a little bit disappointing for july. then having a look at forjuly. then having a look at friday and into the weekend, the weather is set to remain unsettled and a mix of sunshine and scattered showers and all the time for most of us, temperatures remaining around average . average. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> hello, good evening. it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation. tonight the daily mail has exposed the lefty lawyers who are enabling and exacerbating the channel migrant crisis . this exacerbating the channel migrant crisis. this comes just days after the illegal migration bill reached royal assent. and yet the democratic will of the british people, executed by his majesty's government continues to be obstructed through the abuse of the rule of law. the prime minister has condemned the dodgy dealers but was met with a barrage of abuse from the bar council. corporate culture and diversity equity and inclusion shows true colours of its sinister underbelly. it was so—called inclusive policies spearhead , aided by dame alison spearhead, aided by dame alison rose that led to the debunking of nigel farage and indeed the inclusive policies of unilever that have served to benefit the russian army as its staff are set to be conscripted unopposed, even purcell won't wash this stain away . and has the stain away. and has the conservative government learned the lessons of the uxbridge

by—election that the electorate