Alexander Hay<p>It does, of course, say a lot when people who are vulnerable to corruption and bribery are complaining that there are too many safeguards protecting them from being corrupted, or, indeed, blackmailed. </p><p>Including the, err, MINISTER IN CHARGE OF THE FUCKING <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POLICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POLICE</span></a>.</p><p>This is, of course, all happening in broad daylight.</p><p>"Many MPs falling foul of bank rules on ‘politically exposed persons’, says [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChrisPhilp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisPhilp</span></a>]...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coutts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coutts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/26/mps-falling-foul-bank-rules-politically-exposed-persons-chris-philp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">jul/26/mps-falling-foul-bank-rules-politically-exposed-persons-chris-philp</span></a></p>