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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 15 Oct 2014 10:50

Members of the House of Lords have complained they are treated like "deposed dictators or political pariahs" when they try to open bank accounts.

Peers said they were falling foul of money-laundering regulations because banks classed them as high-risk "politically exposed persons".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29618172

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 15 Oct 2014 10:53

Mostly exposed on instagram as I understand it ;-)

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 15 Oct 2014 10:59

Could it possibly be anything to do with allegations of some taking backhanders or being over creative with their expenses ;-)

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 15 Oct 2014 11:04

No surely not, they are the bastions of our society, well that's what they tell us and they wouldn't lie would they?

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 15 Oct 2014 11:08

bastions - not how I would spell it :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Dermot

Dermot Report 15 Oct 2014 14:30

"I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country". (Pol Pot 1925-1998)

Which UK Government Minister could declare something similar?

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 15 Oct 2014 14:33

:-S are there any :-S

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"