Staggering 95% of readers back Nigel Farage’s calls for NatWest's whole board to resign

Express.co.uk readers have supported the former Ukip Leader after he urged the entire board at NatWest to quit.

By Natalie Crookham, Engagement Editor

Nigel Farage shares his thoughts on NatWest boss resigning

A has shown an overwhelming 95 percent of readers support Brexiteer ’s calls over the scandal which saw his account closed.

CEO in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The former Ukip Leader told Sky News that “the whole board needs to go”.

The following day,  for his involvement in the scandal. 

He said: “In the handling of Mr Farage’s case we have fallen below the bank’s high standards of personal service. As CEO of Coutts it is right that I bear ultimate responsibility for this, which is why I am stepping down.”

NatWest’s interim chief executive Paul Thwaite said that the decision was made by “mutual consent”. He explained: “Whilst I will be personally sorry to lose Peter as a colleague, I believe this is the right decision for Coutts and the wider group.”

Nigel Farage in Kent

A staggering 95% of readers back Nigel Farage’s calls for NatWest's whole board to resign (Image: PA)

In a poll that ran from 11am on Wednesday, July 26, to 5.30pm on Friday, July 28, : “Should NatWest's whole board resign over Nigel Farage scandal?”

A total of 4,068 votes were cast with the vast majority, 95 percent (3,859 people) answering “yes” they should resign. Whereas five percent (191 people) said “no” and 18 people said they did not know.

In the , readers took part in a lively debate.

Dame Alison Rose

Dame Alison Rose resigned as chief executive of NatWest on Wednesday (Image: PA)

The predominant argument was in favour of the whole of NatWest’s board resigning, with username smarter1 writing: “No doubt about it.”

Username petergiles agreed, writing: “Of course they should. Each and every one, they are all complicit in breaking the banking code.”

Another, username theyarelying, commented: “Yes the entire board must be replaced!”

And username fw added: “Absolutely NatWest board should be sacked and the Coutts board also.”

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Peter Flavel

Coutts's chief executive Peter Flavel resigned on Thursday (Image: PA)

Yet other readers thought that the board should not be sacked without further investigation.

Username Lazy Git explained: “At the top of any company or committee there's always one, whether it be a CEO or a chairman, they alone take ultimate responsibility for the actions of said company or committee so no, the whole board shouldn't resign. It’s the job of the top man to take the fall.

Similarly, username mabel said: “Those at the top yes, they should resign. I'm unsure about the whole board, I don't know how much they were involved in this debacle.”

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