THE RECENT PUBLICATION of the independent legal review into NatWest’s ill-starred attempt to debank Nigel Farage gives me the excuse to offer what I trust will be the very final words on this curious affair.
When you cut through the thousands of hysterical column inches ranting about corporate “thought police” and shadowy “north London elites”, this is a story about reputations. And, with the benefit of a little hindsight, the clear lesson is that reputation is a much more resilient commodity than is generally appreciated.
