Oh gawd, whilst there must surely be some ethical banks out there, really wish you hadn’t mentioned BNP…
Now, aside from their role in the somewhat unfriendly Nuclear Weapons Industry:
Along with triggering the 2008 Financial Crisis
They also happened to be Bankers to a certain Saddam Hussein:
![BNP Saddam](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsejJMaXoAIkhvO?format=jpg&name=900x900)
![BNP Saddam 2](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeSC8D7WkAAhy8f?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Which is no big surprise as the Chief Shareholder of BNP Paribas, Nadhmi Auchi, has long ties to the Ba’ath Party and Saddam Hussein:
![Nadhmi Auchi Ba'ath Party](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsejOUwX4AArSQ7?format=jpg&name=medium)
Funnily enough, he’s also tangled up with some fairly big hitters in the Scottish Tories, among others:
![Auchi Malone](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHLJ6cXkAAQbDy?format=jpg&name=900x900)
This from the memoirs of Sir Malcolm Rifkind (ex head of the Intelligence and Security Committee no less):
![Gerry Malone Whip Monteviot Ancram](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHFVezWAAEDAc8?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Of course, a busy man like Malcolm Rifkind can’t be expected to know all these little details!
Perhaps it’d be the kind of thing that might interest National Security Advisor, Mark Sedwill…