But basically that means he’s not rich enough. According to the BBC, Nigel “fell below the financial threshold required to hold an account at Coutts”. Various theories were put forward (Was it for political reasons? Had Nigel been taking money from Russia?), until a couple of days later when a source told the BBC that Nigel’s account had been closed because he wasn’t rich enough. It was “serious political persecution” at the highest level, he declared, which may sound overblown, but there’s no telling how any of us would react if our cards were suddenly useless and we couldn’t nip down to the pub for a pint of Spitfire and a chat about immigration, or furnish our wardrobe with another tweed blazer. The clue came in his angry statement: “I’m with one of the subsidiaries of this big banking group, one with a very prestigious name,” Nigel thundered, as much as a man who’s recording a YouTube video in his sitting room while wearing a pale pink tie can thunder. Poor old Nigel’s been thrown out by his bank and, rumour has it, the bank is Coutts. On further investigation, however, it turned out I was safe and the drama related to Nigel Farage. Had I said something controversial about superyachts or labradors? Was it my turn to be cancelled? Narcissistic to assume this was related to me but there has been the odd online incident before. I felt clammy panic for a second last week when I saw the word “Coutts” trending on Twitter.
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