Farage warns NatWest ‘I’m blooming well getting to the truth’ of unethical BBC briefing

Nigel Farage has again pointed the finger at the chief executive of the NatWest Banking group Dame Alison Rose for birefing out his personal details to the BBC. The ongoing row has been further inflamed by an apology Mr Farage received today from the BBC confirming that it had been briefed by “a senior and trusted source” at the NatWest group but that the informaiton claiming he had fallen below the wealth threshold was “inaccurate and incomplete”. The briefing had been issued in the aftermath of Mr Farage revealing that Coutts bank, which is owned by NatWest, had been cancelled without explanation. It was later revealed ina 36-page document, following a subject access request, that Mr Farage’s political views on Brexit, immigration and other areas were behind the attempt to cancel him. The letter of apology from the BBC’s chief executive of news Deborah Turness also revealed that the business editor Simon Jack had gone back to the NatWest source to check if they were happy with the story being run. According to the letter, the source confirmed they were.