{"id":427,"date":"2015-12-03T08:36:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T08:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2015-12-03T08:36:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T08:36:57","slug":"whats-gone-wrong-with-the-co-op-bank","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=427","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s gone wrong with the Co-op Bank?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-424\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-424\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/co-op-hostile-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"Are you closing your co-op account today?\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you closing your co-op account today?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many people bank with the Co-op because they think it is ethical.<\/p>\n<p>People stayed loyal to the Co-op Bank during its dark days of scandal\u00a0and disgrace. People trusted the bank to get it right for customers on\u00a0the things that matter \u2013 values and ethics.<\/p>\n<h3>The Co-op Bank has now abandoned its values:<\/h3>\n<p>Recently, the Co-op Bank has said it will close twenty accounts. All\u00a0these accounts support justice for the Palestinian people.\u00a0Three Sheffield-based accounts are to be shut down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/li>\n<li>The Yorkshire Palestine Cultural Exchange<\/li>\n<li>Sheffield Palestine Women\u2019s Scholarship Fund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These accounts support our basic civil liberties:<\/p>\n<p>We pride ourselves in Britain on having freedom of speech, the right\u00a0to protest and the right to support oppressed people in need of our\u00a0solidarity and aid.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts being shut down all work peacefully, legitimately and in\u00a0the cause of justice.\u00a0The Co-op Bank says \u201cNo!\u201d to basic civil liberties, to working\u00a0for justice and to supporting oppressed people in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank\u2019s actions insult our integrity and the integrity of the Palestinian\u00a0people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are closing our personal accounts with the Co-op and\u00a0encourage anyone who believes in justice to do the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people bank with the Co-op because they think it is ethical. People stayed loyal to the Co-op Bank during its dark days of scandal\u00a0and disgrace. People trusted the bank to get it right for customers on\u00a0the things that matter \u2013 values and ethics. The Co-op Bank has now abandoned its values: Recently, the Co-op &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?page_id=427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What\u2019s gone wrong with the Co-op Bank?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427\/revisions\/428"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}