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FILE - Nigel Farage speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. An independent probe has found “serious failings” in how NatWest Group’s private and exclusive Coutts Bank shut down the account of the right-wing British politician Nigel Farage, it was reported on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Law firm Travers Smith was appointed to conduct a review in the wake of Farage’s so-called “debanking” at NatWest-owned Coutts Bank, which has a well-established reputation of being the private bankers to members of Britain’s royal family and nobility. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Probe finds ‘serious failings’ in way British politician Nigel Farage had his bank account closed

An independent probe has found “serious failings” in how NatWest Group’s private and exclusive Coutts Bank shut down the account of the right-wing British politician Nigel Farage.

FILE - Nigel Farage speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. The chief executive of U.K. bank NatWest Group apologised Thursday July 20, 2023, to populist politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank account was shut down because the banking group didn't agree with his political views. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

CEO of royal banker Coutts resigns amid furor over closure of politician Nigel Farage’s account

FILE - NatWest Chief Executive Officer Alison Rose at NatWest's headquarters in London, on March 21, 2023 where she hosted the inaugural meeting of her new Business Taskforce for Early Childhood. The chief executive of one of NatWest, one of Britain's biggest banks, left her job on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 after discussing personal details of a client, the populist politician Nigel Farage, with a journalist. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

NatWest Bank CEO ousted after furor over politician Nigel Farage’s bank account

FILE - Nigel Farage speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. The chief executive of U.K. bank NatWest Group apologised Thursday July 20, 2023, to populist politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank account was shut down because the banking group didn't agree with his political views. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

UK banking boss apologizes to populist politician Farage over the closure of his account

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 file photo, Nigel Farage, Leader of Britain's Brexit Party, takes his seat after speaking on stage at the launch of the party's policies for the General Election campaign, in London. GB News, a British news channel that has had a rocky start since launching last month as a right-leaning alternative to the BBC and Sky News, said Saturday, July 17, 2021 it has recruited populist politician Nigel Farage as a presenter. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Struggling channel GB News hires Nigel Farage to host show

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 file photo, old fishing equipment rusts away in front of old hand painted advertisement for fishing supplies at Kilkeel harbour in Northern Ireland. Fishing stands in the way of a massive trade deal between the European Union and recently departed Britain, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of billions of euros in annual production losses. (AP Photo/David Keyton, File)

Fishing holds key to Brexit trade deal as talks drag on

BRUSSELS (AP) — As Brexit talks enter their decisive final days, there’s still a big catch: the fishing industry.

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 photo, workers at the local fishing cooperative pack langoustines ready to be shipped to Italy, in Kilkeel harbor in Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom and the European Union are parting ways on Friday and one of the first issues to address is what will happen to the fishing grounds they shared. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

Post-Brexit talks gear up for fish fight between EU, UK

KILKEEL, Northern Ireland (AP) — When it comes to U.K.-European Union relations, there’s nothing like slapping a fish around.

People walk down a main avenue in the EU Quarter of Brussels, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. The U.K. is due to leave the EU on Friday, the first nation in the bloc to do so. It then enters an 11-month transition period in which Britain will continue to follow the bloc's rules while the two sides work out new deals on trade, security and other areas., 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

With joy and sadness, UK lawmakers pack up in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union — cardboard boxes and Union Jack socks and all.

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 file photo, Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's Brexit Party poses for photographers after speaking on stage at the launch of their policies for the General Election campaign, in London. Farage, the self-declared “pantomime villain” of Brexit, told the Associated Press Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020, he is leaving the European Union's parliament in Strasbourg later this week with a sense of mission accomplished. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Nigel Farage gets his way, and last laugh: Brexit is coming

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Nigel Farage, the self-declared “pantomime villain” of Brexit, is leaving his favorite theater — the European Union’s parliament in Strasbourg — this week with a sense of mission accomplished.

The Chulmleigh College school choir sings and signs 'A Lovely Day' as Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, Boris Johnson visit in Chulmleigh, England, Thursday Nov. 28, 2019, ahead of the general election on Dec. 12. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP)

Opponents attack Johnson’s character as UK election looms

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition parties intensified attacks on Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday with two weeks to go until election day, as polls suggested the U.K. leader’s Conservatives have a substantial lead.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a party rally, as part of General Election campaign trail, in Ilford, Essex, England, Wednesday, Nov. 13,2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Brexit Party fails to clinch voting pact with Conservatives

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Brexit Party has failed to reach a tactical voting pact with the ruling Conservatives, saying Thursday that it will field 300 candidates in next month’s election to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his promise of a clean break with the European Union.

Brexit party leader Nigel Farage speaks to journalists during an event as part of the General Election campaign trail, in Hartlepool, England, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Brexit Party shifts tactics, won’t challenge Tories in vote

HARTLEPOOL, England (AP) — Brexit Party chief Nigel Farage changed course Monday, announcing that his party would not challenge Conservative candidates in nearly half of the U.K.’

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greets a veteran, as he attends a remembrance service on Armistice Day, the 101st anniversary of the end of the First World War, in Wolverhampton, England, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, while on the General Election campaign trail. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Corbyn: Brexit Party move is a “Trump alliance”

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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson addresses the media in London, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Hundreds of Brexit Party candidates will run in UK election

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage unveiled hundreds of Brexit Party candidates for Britain’s general election on Monday, and warned the governing Conservatives that the U.K. will never leave the European Union without his party’s backing.

Anti-fascists protesters hold flares during a rally in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The EU has allowed Britain to delay its Brexit departure from the bloc until Jan. 31, enabling Britain to hold a general election on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK leader Boris Johnson sorry for missing Brexit deadline

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s election campaign heated up Sunday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he would apologize to Conservatives for failing to take the U.K. out of the European Union by Oct. 31 and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage saying he won’t personally run for a seat in Parliament.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reacts as he launches his party's manifesto ahead of the upcoming General Election, in London, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Farage kicked off the Brexit Party campaign Friday for Britain's December general election.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Brexit Party wants to team up with Tories; Johnson says no

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, the minor-party leader who played a major role in Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, is trying to throw his weight around again in the U.K.’

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage delivers his speech Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Britain faces another week of political gridlock after British lawmakers on Monday denied Prime Minister Boris Johnson a chance to hold a vote on the Brexit divorce bill agreed in Brussels last Thursday. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest: Denmark says more Britons seek citizenship

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain’s upcoming election and Brexit (all times local):

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Denmark’s immigration minister says the number of British citizens seeking Danish citizenship has more than tripled compared with 2017, the year after Britain voted to leave the European Union.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson sits with students as they carve pumpkins at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. The opposition Labour Party kicked off its campaign for Britain's December general election with one overriding message Thursday: It's not just about Brexit. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Pool Photo via AP)

UK parties unveil election themes, Trump crashes the party

LONDON (AP) — The opposition Labour Party kicked off its campaign for Britain’s December general election with one overriding message Thursday: It’s not just about Brexit.

UK police assess comic’s battery-acid quip about politicians

LONDON (AP) — British police say they are “assessing” a comedian’s joke about throwing battery acid at politicians, a quip that was condemned by Brexit Party chief Nigel Farage.

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019 file photo, Boris Johnson, Britain's former Foreign Secretary and prominent leave the European Union Brexit campaigner walks away after leaving the Cabinet Office in London. Britain’s High Court has quashed a bid to prosecute Conservative lawmaker Boris Johnson for allegedly lying during the country’s 2016 European Union membership referendum. Two judges on Friday, June 7 threw out a lower court’s ruling that Johnson should be summoned to answer questions about Brexit campaigners’ claim that Britain pays 350 million pounds ($446 million) a week to the EU. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Undone by Brexit, May steps down as Conservative leader

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May’s time as Conservative Party leader ended Friday, not with a bang but a whimper.

A man holds a banner depicting President Donald Trump kissing Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a protest against the state visit of President Donald Trump, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Trump will turn from pageantry to policy Tuesday as he joins British Prime Minister Theresa May for a day of talks likely to highlight fresh uncertainty in the allies' storied relationship. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK’s Farage quashes rumor he is joining EU far-right group

BRUSSELS (AP) — Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage says he will not join forces with populist and far-right parties in France and Italy at the European Parliament.

The Latest: Trump says he may meet with Boris Johnson

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Europe (all times local):

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President Donald Trump says he may meet this week with conservative British politician Boris Johnson during his state visit to the United Kingdom, days after he suggested he’d support Johnson’s effort to replace Theresa May as prime minister.

Trump: UK should be ready to leave EU without a deal

LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump has waded into the most contentious issue in British politics by urging the U.K. government to leave the European Union without a deal if it can’t get better terms from EU leaders.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stands on the stage as results are announced at the counting center for the European Elections for the South East England region, in Southampton, England, early Monday, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Farage claims pro-Brexit momentum after divisive UK vote

LONDON (AP) — British euroskeptic Nigel Farage said Monday that his new Brexit Party’s victory in the European election should spur Britain to leave the European Union even without a divorce deal — a call echoed by many senior Conservatives, stung by their party’s humiliating defeat.

Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini, of the League kisses a crucifix as as he talks to reporters during a press conference at the League headquarters in Milan, Italy, early Monday morning, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Salvini says populists will control 150 EU seats

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on elections for the European Parliament (all times local):

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The leader of Italy’s right-wing League Party, Matteo Salvini, calculates that populist and nationalist parties will control at least 150 seats in the new 751-seat European Parliament.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage smiles as he arrives at the counting center for the European Elections for the South East England region, in Southampton, England, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Brexit Party wins, Conservatives bashed in UK’s EU voting

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party was all but wiped out in the European Parliament election as voters sick of the country’s stalled European Union exit flocked to uncompromisingly pro-Brexit or pro-EU parties.

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the second round of voting in presidential elections in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Europe-wide vote fragments center as far right, Greens gain

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s traditional center splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades, with the far right and pro-environment Greens gaining ground on Sunday after four days of a polarized vote.

British Politician Nigel Farage speaks on stage during a Brexit Party rally at Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green in Surrey, England, Sunday, May 19, 2019. No one in Britain is more enthusiastic about this week’s European Union elections than people who hate the EU. Hard-core Brexit supporters are chomping at the bit to cast ballots for populist politician Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, whose sole policy is to leave the EU as soon as possible. Three years after Britain narrowly voted to leave the EU, Thursday’s election is seen by many as a proxy referendum on Brexit. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

EU election: Farage supporters eager for Brexit litmus test

FRIMLEY GREEN, England (AP) — No one in Britain is more enthusiastic about this week’s European Union elections than people who hate the EU.

Britain's Nigel Farage after being hit with a milkshake during a campaign walkabout in Newcastle, England, Monday May 20, 2019. (Tom Wilkinson/PA via AP)

UK man charged with assault over Farage milkshake-throwing

LONDON (AP) — British police have charged a 32-year-old man with assault after pro-Brexit politician Nigel Farage was hit with a milkshake while campaigning in the European Parliament election.

Britain's Nigel Farage after being hit with a milkshake during a campaign walkabout in Newcastle, England, Monday May 20, 2019. (Tom Wilkinson/PA via AP)

Brexiteer Farage splattered in latest UK milkshake attack

LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit British politician Nigel Farage was hit with a milkshake while campaigning in the European Parliament election on Monday — the latest in a spate of attacks on politicians with the sticky beverages.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stands prior to a rally while on the European Election campaign trail in Durham, England, Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

UK minister warns about protest votes at EU elections

LONDON (AP) — A senior British minister is warning that the upcoming European Parliament elections will be seen by some as “the ultimate protest vote opportunity,” as polls suggest that populists could unseat Britain’s mainstream parties amid the country’s ongoing Brexit chaos.

European People's Party candidate Manfed Weber delivers a speech at Zappio Congress Hall in Athens on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Weber is in Greece for the official launch of his campaign for the May 23-26 European Parliament elections. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Germany’s Weber urges Britain not to take part in EU vote

BERLIN (AP) — The German center-right candidate hoping to become the next head of the European Union’s executive branch is urging Britain not to take part in the European Parliament elections in May.

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves at the conclusion of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, April 11, 2019. European Union leaders on Thursday offered Britain an extension to Brexit that would allow the country to delay its EU departure date until Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

UK’s anti-EU Brexit Party launches EU election campaign

LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit British politician Nigel Farage on Friday launched a campaign for an election that may never take place to an institution he routinely insults — the contest for U.K. seats in the European Parliament.

Former UKIP party leader Nigel Farage joins the start of the first leg of March to Leave the European Union, in Sunderland, England, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Hard-core Brexiteers led by former U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage set out on a two-week "Leave Means Leave" march between northern England and London, accusing politicians of "betraying the will of the people." (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

As Brexit stalls, supporters protest betrayal of their dream

SUNDERLAND, England (AP) — With Britain’s departure from the European Union likely to be put on hold, some Brexit supporters fear their dream is dying.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives back at the the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May's mission to secure Britain's orderly...

The Latest: Brexit booster Farage expects yearlong delay

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):

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Nigel Farage, the British politician who became the public face of anti-European Union sentiment in the run-up to a 2016 Brexit referendum, thinks the country’s departure date could be pushed back by a year.