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    Russia Today UK has been denied its banking facilities.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37677020

    NatWest bank is to close the accounts of Russia's state-run broadcaster, RT.

    Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!"

    The bank said the decision was "not taken lightly" and that the accounts were "still operative" at present.

    An MP from Russia's ruling party has said its parliament will demand an explanation from the UK.

    RT says the entire Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group, of which NatWest is part, is refusing to provide its services.
    So does this fall under banks are a business and can do what they want or instead they are granted privileges by the state and provide a monopolised service and should be held to account?

    It's not the first time services like that have been abusing their customers.

    http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/maj...n-dealer-22181
    A member of staff at Mr Bell’s branch of HSBC, in Fulham, London, said that his gun dealing business was not considered “a moral company” and that it was “in the same league as pornography”.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3556849.stm
    The Bank of Ireland, which had also provided finance for the deal, pulled out in response to public pressure.

    Shane O'Riordain, a spokesman for the Bank of Scotland, admitted its regrets about a decision which offended some of its customers.
    This comment made me chuckle, he must have been prescient.
    This is not the first time the Bank of Scotland has found itself embarrassed by its business decisions.

    A venture with the American television preacher Pat Robertson ended after he described Scotland as a "dark land over-run by homosexuals".

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    Oh noes, the propaganda outfit will have some slight inconvenience at getting it's money from the Kremlin. I'm so sad.

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    RBS is owned by the british public. RT has repeatedly demonstrated it is an enemy of the british public.

    If I had known that my bank was even dealing wth RT I'd have moved my account immediately...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Netherspark View Post
    RBS is owned by the british public. RT has repeatedly demonstrated it is an enemy of the british public.

    If I had known that my bank was even dealing wth RT I'd have moved my account immediately...
    Steady on there. No one cares enough about RT for it to be considered anything like an 'enemy'.

    Personally i quite like RT. Just like i enjoy fox

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    Another example of banks screwing people around.

    http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/s...ing-firms.html

    The Royal Bank of Scotland has come under increased scrutiny today after leaked files emerged that indicate it deliberately destroyed customers' businesses in order to boost profits.

    New documents show a project, labelled by one executive in an email as a 'dash for cash', crippled firms as it dangled hefty bonuses to staff who targeted firms to be 'restructured.'

    RBS, which was bailed out in the financial crisis by taxpayers, allegedly destroyed thousands of businesses during the crisis to boost profits, according to the secret documents obtained by BuzzFeed News and the BBC.
    The subject seems a little highbrow for buzzfeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sarahtasher View Post
    Oh noes, the propaganda outfit will have some slight inconvenience at getting it's money from the Kremlin. I'm so sad.
    Brainwashed americunt imbecile, die in a nuclear fire please.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogue83 View Post
    Brainwashed americunt imbecile, die in a nuclear fire please.


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    This, folks, is why what's described in the OP is good.
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    I can't explain it because I'm an idiot, and I have to live with that post for the rest of my life. Better to just smile and back away slowly. Ignore it so that it can go away.
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    No idea what the banks motive is, but I don't think trying to shut down Russia propaganda is the right move, afaik they arent doing anything illegal and I do understand why they'd question the whole freedom of speech.

    But it's not the first time that "Freedom of speech" is abit of a one way street, you can be negative about the west to a certain extent, abit like how Denmark argued that the muhammed drawings were also "freedom of speech", but it's very limited how much foreigners can criticize us, before we tell them to stfu and diacf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crispin View Post
    I do understand why they'd question the whole freedom of speech.
    Free speech doesn't mean consequence free.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crispin View Post
    No idea what the banks motive is, but I don't think trying to shut down Russia propaganda is the right move, afaik they arent doing anything illegal and I do understand why they'd question the whole freedom of speech.

    But it's not the first time that "Freedom of speech" is abit of a one way street, you can be negative about the west to a certain extent, abit like how Denmark argued that the muhammed drawings were also "freedom of speech", but it's very limited how much foreigners can criticize us, before we tell them to stfu and diacf.
    It's not just simple propaganda, RT broadcast outright lies on a daily basis. They've already been sanctioned in the UK several times. It won't be long before they're barred from operating in the UK entirely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Netherspark View Post
    It's not just simple propaganda, RT broadcast outright lies on a daily basis. They've already been sanctioned in the UK several times. It won't be long before they're barred from operating in the UK entirely.
    Can RT broadcast in the US, by the way? If my memory doesn't fail me, there was some kind of law in the US that banned this kind of media from broadcasting.
    Quote Originally Posted by King Candy View Post
    I can't explain it because I'm an idiot, and I have to live with that post for the rest of my life. Better to just smile and back away slowly. Ignore it so that it can go away.
    Thanks for the avatar goes to Carbot Animations and Sy.

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    So do they get their money they had in the bank or is it just gone?

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    I have RT in my cable TV package. It is full of propaganda crap.

    But if their accounts are closed, it would be appropriate to close accounts of BBC, DailyMail and few other UK media companies that spread UK/US government propaganda. Maybe then we'll have some decent news coverage without bullshit from any side.
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    Good. No Russian owned business should be allowed to operate in the EU, or anywhere else outside Russia for that matter. Actually, no Western owned business should be allowed to have any dealings with Russia, the same treatment Iran had during the sanctions period and the way they aren't allowed to operate in the Crimea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Binki View Post
    I have RT in my cable TV package. It is full of propaganda crap.

    But if their accounts are closed, it would be appropriate to close accounts of BBC, DailyMail and few other UK media companies that spread UK/US government propaganda. Maybe then we'll have some decent news coverage without bullshit from any side.
    Must be hard for you thinking all news are propaganda, there is a difference between reporting news on a little bias and outright lying.
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    In other countries like Canada the population has chosen to believe in hope, peace and tolerance. This we can see from the election of the Honourable Justin Trudeau who stood against the politics of hate and divisiveness.

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    Sorry Natwest only allows Narcos, Terrorists, Fraudsters and Eco-terrorists to have accounts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ctd123 View Post
    Eco-terrorists
    Really? You really think that's a thing? The 3 ultra overboard environmentalists who paint bomb the occasional building, block a railway or get in the way of a whaler? That's something you'd even mention?

    You do realize the term is really mostly just taken out of science fiction and used by industries and governments to make something like vandalism sound much worse than it really is.

    The Russians kill more civilians on every Tuesday in Syria than eco terrorist killed people since the term was invented.

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    Russian propganda machine taken down? Big surprise.

    Good job though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mihalik View Post
    Really? You really think that's a thing? The 3 ultra overboard environmentalists who paint bomb the occasional building, block a railway or get in the way of a whaler? That's something you'd even mention?

    You do realize the term is really mostly just taken out of science fiction and used by industries and governments to make something like vandalism sound much worse than it really is.

    The Russians kill more civilians on every Tuesday in Syria than eco terrorist killed people since the term was invented.
    Refering more to BP and Shell pal. Wrecking the ecosystem with spills.

    Get back to advocating banning Gazprom or something else insane.

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