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But we're talking about a simple deposit account here.
Does anyone keep more than £100k in a simple deposit account?
The higher the guaranteed deposit limit, the more the government has a responsibility to manage and regulate the banking sector.
You can't have a free-wheeling market without oversight and expect government support to be unlimited.
Well - apparently in fact you can. But you shouldn't be able to.