[isthisthingon99]

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.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

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.

[isthisthingon99]

From that perspective, you are probably right.