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floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago

Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service

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Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service

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floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago
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Every 18-year-old would choose between joining the military or volunteering one weekend a month in the community.
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    Okay, yeah, if it’s a voluntary scheme, it’s completely different. But the BBC are saying mandatory.

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      They said on Radio 4 this morning that it wasn’t ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ unless I misunderstood

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        The sceme is mandatory. Military service is an option. But you must spend 25 days doing one of the options.

        Of course the options are NHS Policing or mental health. All things tories have screwed.

        So using teens as slave labour to look like they are fixing their own screw ups. Would be a fair description.

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