Rishi Sunak: I will bring back National Service
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/25/rishi-sunak-bring-back-national-service-policy/
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Rishi Sunak: I will bring back National Service
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/25/rishi-sunak-bring-back-national-service-policy/
Posted by TheTelegraph
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There’s a certain section of British society – mostly of retirement age – who revel in making other, younger people uncomfortable.
They will love this.
If he commits to banning working from home, they’ll be falling over themselves to vote for him.
This is truly desperate nonsense designed to appeal purely to grumpy boomer voters they might have lost over the past couple of years.
Love that image: ‘Get the black guy, tell him to stand in the middle of the shot, we need it for our DEI score!’
So the government can divide the country through mass immigration, but outside forces can’t?
Rishi is close to becoming a billionaire and doesn’t know how to load a SA80, yet he would send kids to war…
That’s one way to cause a mass young voter turnout to vote against you
My kids will not be doing national service for a country that throw its war hero’s to the dogs…
That’ll do it Rishi, that’ll get them voting for you.
Good fucking grief, these Tories need taking round the back and putting out their misery
Tens of thousands of young people are withdrawing their applications to serve in the military after waiting for months because Serco, Capita or whatever private contractor can’t process them in time.
70% of people that apply for the army pull out after applying because of the long wait.
Now imagine them having to process hundreds of thousands every year. By the time people initially get their conscription papers and processed, they’ll have aged past the national service eligibility.
Still, it’s an opportunity for a Tory to get a juicy billion pound contract though.
Anyone else get the feeling that he’s doing this on prupose because he doesn’t want to win or am I giving him too much credit?
The people should bring back stringing politicians up should National service come into play by ANY political party.
What an idiot.
Mid 30’s life long conservative voter think this tips it for me towards labour who I dislike. Fuck sending my kids into the armed forces. Idiot.
No better way of ensuring national pride than forcing people to do stuff.
Im v left and not against national service. Im against military service. A year of getting a qualification/doing care work/reforesting/building flood defences isnt a bad idea. Like a built in semi adult gap year. Forcing people of to go and kill other people they have not met is a terrible idea
What a dick!
Who in their right mind would vote Tory?!
Recently had an odd situation regarding national service. I was fixing a few things in my car and suddenly heard someone shout OI! At me. I looked round and the guy said nice hair (my hair is currently a purple top knot). I then said OK. He then says “you know what you need don’t you!”. I replied “what?”. He shouts back ‘national service” and walks off. I didn’t even say anything back as I was so utterly bemused. I’ve thought about that everyday since. Plus I’m 37 so way too old for national service anyway. I’ve tried to work out what this means. If anyone can, please enlighten me.
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Do you think there’s a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?
Bernard Woolley:
Yes.
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Do you think it’s wrong to force people to take arms against their will?
Bernard Woolley:
Yes.
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Would you oppose the reintroduction of conscription?
Bernard Woolley:
Yes.
Can’t believe the Tories big plan for saving the country is the literal enslavement of young people lmao
The BBC news mentioned 30,000 ‘one year placements’ in the armed services.
There are about a million 18 year olds every year, so that’s 3% taken care of.
The other 97%, forced to give up one weekend per month on some ‘scheme’?
So, what happens when an 18 year old say ‘Nah, fuck that’?
Even if that’s only 10% of them, will they double the prison places for them?
Complete barking madness from a party doomed to oblivion.
I was talking to a friend who’s old enough to have done national service. He said he hated just about every minute of it, and some guys would just walk off base so they would be arrested spend a few weeks in prison rather than in the army.
Hilarious. I cannot imagine how wildly out of touch with reality these people are.
Just mental illness at this point. Totally fucked come July 4th.
Absolutely baffling. If young people weren’t already thinking of voting, then this will mobilise them in larger numbers than ever before to kick out the Tories.
I think bringing back corporal punishment would get more votes than national service! 💯
Something like this might actually raise the turnout levels to 90%+
Ah yes that’ll beat the trans right out of the kids.
Or alternatively get the vote of coffin dodgers.
Labour wants to give young people the vote.
The Tories want them as cannon fodder or unpaid workers.
It’s a pretty stark contrast there.
Whilst the situation in Ukraine and the Russian threat going into the future makes this a possible necessity, I don’t think this would be a vote winning strategy.
14 years to introduce it, waits until a GE lol nice try, nice try.
Why doesent Sunak go full twat and say anybody between the age of 18 and 40 would have to national service. It would shut up the thicko bunch of Reform voters.
You’re gonna encourage young white men to go out and serve our country proudly after every institution has labelled them inherently toxic.
Yeah get fucked.
What values are we going to go out and fight for? Mass immigration? Cultural relativism? 4th wave feminism?
All I have to say at this point is piss off Rishi. And the best part is my comment will come true soon.
Is he just throwing sh*t at the wall and seeing what sticks at this point?
People will say it’s about gaining votes from whoever, but he already knows he’s lost the election so isn’t it really about keeping us mired in old fashioned crap. Politicians don’t accidentally just never offer anything progressive, pure overton window propaganda garbage.
They should also pay everyone who completes the service so that they start life on a good footing. What incentive would people have to want to start unless they see others benefitting from it
The question is: What story are they hoping to bury in the Sunday papers with this nonsense?
Voting age should be lowered. The ones most affected should have a voice and choice in national service.
How the fuck is forcing young people to do something they don’t want to do going instill national pride? Glad I can sleep well in the knowledge his chances of getting in are slim
Might sound daft but would this be only those who turn 18 after x date or 18 and up?
well well finally rishi sunak and i agree on something at last. it seems we both want him to lose
Is he saying 18 yr olds should do a year of community service, cyber security and like duke of ed sruff, then after that free to go to Uni or work etc? Do they get paid for work they do that gap year?
What about medical, ethical or religious reasons; being anti war , can you opt out?
What if you are sea sick, travel sick, unable to fly?
Does the Military have to take time out to facilitate all this or will this create new jobs for regular folks… Like youth club leaders or teachers who are educating and leading the young adults for this year?
Is this for 18 year olds or is it for criminals? Is it for unemployed, underemployed or the self employed? Which parent should be drafted into this, the mother of the father? What about carers for vulnerable people? Do we take Doctors and Nurses from the NHS, Private or both as field medics are needed? Or engineers, from where? The private industry?
Or is he saying put guns in their hands and off to war?
14 years in government.
Every claim they come out with now should be met with “well why haven’t you already done it?”.
Christ they really are fucking desperate if they are rolling this out.
What’s next, bring back the death penalty? Chemically castrate the gays? Force everyone to pretend it’s 1950 again so they can only eat Spam?
3 days in and we have hit the bottom of the barrel. Meanwhile at Labour HQ, “let’s give 16 year olds the vote”. The stink of desperation is unbelievable. None of them deserve our vote.
I have a question, why do people find it wrong? I mean Russia has in its options, the possibility of starting a war, so I think we must prepare as a country to defend ourselves