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Robert Verkaik

@robertverkaik1

Writer. War and peace. Mostly peace. Traitor of Arnhem out NOW. Also Traitor of Colditz, Posh Boys, Defiant and Jihadi John. @CitizensAdvice

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"The proportion of pupils getting extra time in private schools – almost 42% compared with 26.5% in state secondaries – has led to suspicions that some schools are “gaming” the system." Sally Weale in The Guardian How should this disparity be accounted for? theguardian.com/education/2025…

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New woman of the people Sarah Pochin MP educated at £55,000-a-year Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls She joins #Poshboys Nigel Farage (Dulwich College) and Richard Tice (Uppingham) at Westminster #RuncornByElection

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Stalin's natural enemies were his Western Allies - the Americans and the British. By betraying Arnhem to the Nazis he ensured the Red Army would reach Berlin first and bring down his Iron Curtain over eastern Europe. Putin is trying to emulate Stalin #traitorofarnhem #VEDay80

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Josef Stalin ensured the Cold War was already underway while his Western Allies were busy celebrating the end of the war in Europe. #VEDay80 #VEDay2025 youtube.com/watch?v=95jLHJ…

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I thought ⁦President Donald J. Trump⁩ was going to sort this war within 24 hours of his presidency. If Putin opts for a limited nuclear strike, Trump is an accomplice. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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I know I'm late to the party but I've just bought and read Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian's excellent Spymaster about spy chief Thomas Kendrick. It breaks new ground and is fascinating about Kim Philby's activities in Vienna in 1933/4.

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What a waste of money: There is a "broad margin of discretion in deciding how to balance the interests of those adversely affected by the policy against the interests of others who may gain from public provision funded by the money it will raise" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets. What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn. Thread:

Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets.

What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn. 

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I went to a comprehensive school in Somerset and didn’t go to university. I knew no one in journalism when I got into it. Became pol ed at 29. Nobody tells me what to think or write. It would be less contradictory if they did. x.com/janemerrick23/…