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All governments will expand the role of government. Can you find me one that has ever decreased its scope in a meaningful and permanent way?

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Nevertheless, there are political parties that claim to believe in "small governments" along with "free markets", "individual achievement" and other buzzwords that mean they'll enrich their pals in business, and cut anything that helps poor people. The current UK administration is very much one of those.

They will (ideologically) shrink certain aspects of the state by "outsourcing" or handing it over to private companies. e.g. If you think that the welfare and healthcare aspects of the UK state are currently "expanding the role of government" then you're misinformed. If you think that there hasn't been "austerity" for government services in the last few years, then you don't know the UK at all.

Banking will be likewise, they don't believe in meaningful financial regulation.

And there are political parties that will claim to help the poor and somehow the poor get poorer while the rich get richer.

Let's just stop pretending one is better than the other so we can focus on what is important.

Not to change the subject; the claim was not "one is better than the other", the claim was "this government will make the government the middleman for financial transactions, instead of a bank".

And in terms of this government where the PM, Mr Sunak, is an ex-Goldman Sachs guy, it is an extraordinary claim. Even absurd.

From that perspective, you are probably right.

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