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UK, Gina Miller voices fear for democracy over closure of her party’s bank account (www.theguardian.com)
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The anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has said “we don’t have a functioning democracy” if new political parties cannot access banking services, after she was told her own party’s account would be closed.

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[-] theinspectorst@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

She said she had to go round 9 banks before she was able to open this account in the first place. Her concern is that banks generally don't want to deal with minor/start-up political parties and so parties like hers become de facto un-banked.

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