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My statement on Nigel Farage's bank accounts and the BBC's apology

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Frances Coppola
Jul 25, 2023
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On the BBC’s flagship evening current affairs programme Newsnight, I explained to Nigel Farage why his Coutts account was closed. It was not because of his political views, but because his account was no longer commercially viable. How did I know this? Because that’s what the Coutts documents he obtained using a “subject access request” (SAR) say.

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