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Education versus military spending sparks tax debate in London
A heated exchange critiques maintaining two vast burdens, soldiers and schoolmasters, arguing for trimming savagery while expanding state education. The piece cites Mr. Yorke’s alarm at church schools failing to keep pace, urging ratepayers to resist loans limits and hard caps in education funding amid rising costs.
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Gloucester
Issachar
Curacoa
Yorke
Shaftesbury
London Board
John Rodgers
Tondon