Not going to happen as long as Capita is running recruitment, perhaps we could stop the Russian army by offering Capita to consult for them?
LittleSchwein1234 on
The UK is not really threatened directly by Russia. The issue is that Europe as a whole needs more cooperation and capability and the EU still doesn’t take its defence as seriously as it should.
IntrepidSoda on
Reform voters your time has come.
stokpaut3 on
The truth is, we as Europe need a stronger army. And i think allot of men and woman want to have such a profession, we just need a European standard if we have that we can make it efficient and effective.
ACompletelyLostCause on
We’re not going to win a war by fighting Russia with mass levies of troops. We need better technologies and equipment including better cyber-war assets. We will have to spend more on defence, and work much closer with Europe – the last will be a hard sell to those right if centre, as the US is no longer a reliable ally, and might leave NATO.
Firesequence on
hmmmmm ?, who’s sons and daughters exactly ?
what money / privilege based carveouts might there be in this scheme / call to arms exactly
i foresee an outbreak of “bone spurs”
hendoscott777 on
How is this “breaking news”?
BringbackDreamBars on
At this point, there’s pretty much has to be intelligence that says Russia is going to invade a NATO nation by whatever date and this is us being prepared as the public.
LolcatP on
Where’s all the patriots now?
babarjango on
UK’s top general: “Sons and daughters, get ready to fight Russia.”
Population: 67M. Active army: 73k.
Math are not there bro
Altruistic_Ad_0 on
I wonder if the rich will be fighting too.
thombo-1 on
Whenever I read serious analyses of Russia’s threat to NATO/EU, it tends to predict that the threat will be more along the lines of cybersecurity and infrastructure attacks rather than a conventional army vs army war.
So if you want to tell your population that they might have to be aware and resilient, then fine, but it always seems odd to me that they imply conscription is a possibility.
Hopefully I’m not tempting fate, but it just doesn’t seem like the UK will be forced into that type of total war where wider mobilisation is needed.
FalloutRip on
Then the UK needs to give them something to fight for. Right now the younger generations have absolutely nothing and no reason to put their lives on the line for problems created by the generations before them.
Canes-305 on
European citizen’s willingness to actually fight as it relates to territorial integrity of Eastern Ukraine is in single digits
BincentMcMayonnaise on
Can’t afford to own a home, can’t afford to eat healthily, can’t afford to heat the rented flat and the water gets a hose pipe ban every summer. But sure, have the blood of ours sons and daughters. Get fucked, send the rich kids first.
Past-Attempt1145 on
Time for all the flag shaggers to stand up
OllyDee on
Steel not flesh. Did we learn nothing? Does our head of the armed forces need to look at a history book?
ensiferum888 on
They barely got 20% of Ukraine in 4 years lol the fuck are they going to do anywhere else?
ChuckGreenwald on
The UK is going some interesting places lately.
TheCelestialMage on
I work in a facility that the SAS and MoD use for training. For the last year they have been on site more than actual staff. Do with that what you will.
Veronome on
Forgive me but if Russia is struggling to take on Ukraine, how are the combined forces of NATO in any way concerned?
The biggest worry would be a nuclear strike, but conscription would hardly help us against that.
ToManyTabsOpen on
Russia are struggling to invade a non-NATO country with a military budget 15x smaller than that of the UK.
FloatingPencil on
Unless invaders are literally marching down my street, no thank you. Though I’m probably too old for them to want me anyway.
ElandoUK on
Can’t wait to see Starmer’s kids on the frontlines!
Maybe give us something worth fighting for before you sign our kids up to the meat grinder?
Royal-Hunter3892 on
Reports claim that more than 16500 British millionaires are expected to depart in 2025 – 2026 .
The rich sons and daughters have already started to run .
MechMeister on
Just 11 years late, not bad for European standards I guess
dave_the_dr on
They need to give us something to fight for
That is, they need to make us realise how different things are going to be once war properly starts. We might not feel a sense of national identity, but most of us have a reasonably comfortable life compared to some less stable parts of the world and that comes with peace. Ironically we need to realise that we need to fight for peace
druu222 on
Good luck.
nfrances on
War/fearmongering at its finest.
RedDemio- on
“Why aren’t people having children anymore?”
Clara2512 on
People of fighting age in the generally don’t agree with the government why would be risk death for this shit swamp
whatsgoingon350 on
This is mostly UK government justifying more spending on defence. Im all for but I don’t think it should be justified by fear tactics.
Russia has a smaller economy than Italy its taken them years only to push meters in a country that is on its border. They don’t have a working aircraft carrier or much of a navy if I list the things they do have its men and nukes thats it.
Even then the men aren’t trained and we have no idea of the state of the nukes and only thing Russia is good at is pumping out fake news.
topazco on
“Our daughters’ daughters will adore us”
huntzen on
Perfect they have a whole new crop to select from and send to front lines.
W15H77 on
The sons and daughters of the UK say a big, get to fuck to the head of the armed forces.
admuh on
We can’t fight without industry, now more than ever with drone warfare.
64gbBumFunCannon on
I don’t think I will be ready to fight, actually.
I’ve had a lifetime of this government shafting me at every opportunity. I’ve had a lifetime of broken promises and dashed hopes.
Remind me, why am I fighting for a country that sees me as disposable?
Pretty sure when / if Russia attack, they’ll just hit us with nukes and it won’t matter if you’re ready for a fight or not, at that point.
ObviousKangaroo on
It’s smart to be prepared but realistically how are they gonna invade UK when they’ve been bogged down in Ukraine for years? Maybe things can spiral and they’ll someday pivot away from Ukraine and to another bordering NATO nation and they’ll need to be ready for that.
jdoebro132 on
Send all the migrants in first
Amnsia on
Why is it always us though.
Theophantor on
This is horrible, but, whole nations may be annihilated off the face of the earth before these “sons and daughters” even begin to mobilize in the first minutes of any war of that nature.
If such a war comes, it will be brief, and our sons and daughters will curse us for generations for what we have allowed to happen.
It is good to prepare to dissuade evil, but this would be a war where no one wins, and everyone will lose.
Neat-Attempt3681 on
“ but not my kids or family though”
jimthewanderer on
Might have been a bit of a shit idea to do over a decade of austerity then.
Shining_meteor on
Better get ready to die for the rich man. Remember the same man that made sure you have a place to live and raise a family, and have enough money to put food on the table? Yeah that same man. Now go! Russia bad!
Stereo_Jungle_Child on
I can’t stop laughing at the thought of this current UK generation of phone-addicted, anxiety-hobbled, and emotionally-fragile young people actually being capable of fighting in a war. lol
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Not going to happen as long as Capita is running recruitment, perhaps we could stop the Russian army by offering Capita to consult for them?
The UK is not really threatened directly by Russia. The issue is that Europe as a whole needs more cooperation and capability and the EU still doesn’t take its defence as seriously as it should.
Reform voters your time has come.
The truth is, we as Europe need a stronger army. And i think allot of men and woman want to have such a profession, we just need a European standard if we have that we can make it efficient and effective.
We’re not going to win a war by fighting Russia with mass levies of troops. We need better technologies and equipment including better cyber-war assets. We will have to spend more on defence, and work much closer with Europe – the last will be a hard sell to those right if centre, as the US is no longer a reliable ally, and might leave NATO.
hmmmmm ?, who’s sons and daughters exactly ?
what money / privilege based carveouts might there be in this scheme / call to arms exactly
i foresee an outbreak of “bone spurs”
How is this “breaking news”?
At this point, there’s pretty much has to be intelligence that says Russia is going to invade a NATO nation by whatever date and this is us being prepared as the public.
Where’s all the patriots now?
UK’s top general: “Sons and daughters, get ready to fight Russia.”
Population: 67M. Active army: 73k.
Math are not there bro
I wonder if the rich will be fighting too.
Whenever I read serious analyses of Russia’s threat to NATO/EU, it tends to predict that the threat will be more along the lines of cybersecurity and infrastructure attacks rather than a conventional army vs army war.
So if you want to tell your population that they might have to be aware and resilient, then fine, but it always seems odd to me that they imply conscription is a possibility.
Hopefully I’m not tempting fate, but it just doesn’t seem like the UK will be forced into that type of total war where wider mobilisation is needed.
Then the UK needs to give them something to fight for. Right now the younger generations have absolutely nothing and no reason to put their lives on the line for problems created by the generations before them.
European citizen’s willingness to actually fight as it relates to territorial integrity of Eastern Ukraine is in single digits
Can’t afford to own a home, can’t afford to eat healthily, can’t afford to heat the rented flat and the water gets a hose pipe ban every summer. But sure, have the blood of ours sons and daughters. Get fucked, send the rich kids first.
Time for all the flag shaggers to stand up
Steel not flesh. Did we learn nothing? Does our head of the armed forces need to look at a history book?
They barely got 20% of Ukraine in 4 years lol the fuck are they going to do anywhere else?
The UK is going some interesting places lately.
I work in a facility that the SAS and MoD use for training. For the last year they have been on site more than actual staff. Do with that what you will.
Forgive me but if Russia is struggling to take on Ukraine, how are the combined forces of NATO in any way concerned?
The biggest worry would be a nuclear strike, but conscription would hardly help us against that.
Russia are struggling to invade a non-NATO country with a military budget 15x smaller than that of the UK.
Unless invaders are literally marching down my street, no thank you. Though I’m probably too old for them to want me anyway.
Can’t wait to see Starmer’s kids on the frontlines!
Maybe give us something worth fighting for before you sign our kids up to the meat grinder?
Reports claim that more than 16500 British millionaires are expected to depart in 2025 – 2026 .
The rich sons and daughters have already started to run .
Just 11 years late, not bad for European standards I guess
They need to give us something to fight for
That is, they need to make us realise how different things are going to be once war properly starts. We might not feel a sense of national identity, but most of us have a reasonably comfortable life compared to some less stable parts of the world and that comes with peace. Ironically we need to realise that we need to fight for peace
Good luck.
War/fearmongering at its finest.
“Why aren’t people having children anymore?”
People of fighting age in the generally don’t agree with the government why would be risk death for this shit swamp
This is mostly UK government justifying more spending on defence. Im all for but I don’t think it should be justified by fear tactics.
Russia has a smaller economy than Italy its taken them years only to push meters in a country that is on its border. They don’t have a working aircraft carrier or much of a navy if I list the things they do have its men and nukes thats it.
Even then the men aren’t trained and we have no idea of the state of the nukes and only thing Russia is good at is pumping out fake news.
“Our daughters’ daughters will adore us”
Perfect they have a whole new crop to select from and send to front lines.
The sons and daughters of the UK say a big, get to fuck to the head of the armed forces.
We can’t fight without industry, now more than ever with drone warfare.
I don’t think I will be ready to fight, actually.
I’ve had a lifetime of this government shafting me at every opportunity. I’ve had a lifetime of broken promises and dashed hopes.
Remind me, why am I fighting for a country that sees me as disposable?
Pretty sure when / if Russia attack, they’ll just hit us with nukes and it won’t matter if you’re ready for a fight or not, at that point.
It’s smart to be prepared but realistically how are they gonna invade UK when they’ve been bogged down in Ukraine for years? Maybe things can spiral and they’ll someday pivot away from Ukraine and to another bordering NATO nation and they’ll need to be ready for that.
Send all the migrants in first
Why is it always us though.
This is horrible, but, whole nations may be annihilated off the face of the earth before these “sons and daughters” even begin to mobilize in the first minutes of any war of that nature.
If such a war comes, it will be brief, and our sons and daughters will curse us for generations for what we have allowed to happen.
It is good to prepare to dissuade evil, but this would be a war where no one wins, and everyone will lose.
“ but not my kids or family though”
Might have been a bit of a shit idea to do over a decade of austerity then.
Better get ready to die for the rich man. Remember the same man that made sure you have a place to live and raise a family, and have enough money to put food on the table? Yeah that same man. Now go! Russia bad!
I can’t stop laughing at the thought of this current UK generation of phone-addicted, anxiety-hobbled, and emotionally-fragile young people actually being capable of fighting in a war. lol