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Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory national service
BBC ^ | 5/25/24 | Emily McGarvey

Posted on 05/25/2024 3:13:15 PM PDT by hardspunned

The Conservative Party has said it would bring back mandatory national service if it wins the general election. It said 18-year-olds would have a choice of either joining the military full-time, or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service. The party is proposing a Royal Commission to consider the details but would plan for the first teenagers to take part in September 2025. The cost is expected to be around £2.5bn per year. Under the plans, young people could choose a full-time, 12-month placement in the armed forces or UK cyber defence, learning about logistics, cyber security, procurement or civil response operations. Their other option would be to volunteer one weekend per month - or 25 days per year - in their community with organisations such as fire, police and the NHS.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: greatbritain; uk; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 05/25/2024 3:13:15 PM PDT by hardspunned
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2 posted on 05/25/2024 3:14:59 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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I guess the Conservatives want to live on Jobseeker’s Allowance.


3 posted on 05/25/2024 3:15:41 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Yeah that should make ‘em popular and win votes.


4 posted on 05/25/2024 3:15:43 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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They want to send them to Ukraine to fight Russians.


5 posted on 05/25/2024 3:16:38 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: hardspunned

In an eternal world, I don’t have a problem with mandated services. But not in this world. It’s too tempting to make people permanent wards of the state.

But if Christ came and He said that was the best way to be, I’d have no problem with it, because I can trust Christ to not abuse it and permanently enslave people.

Socialism, in all its forms, can only work in an eternal world where we have God being the guardrail from going too far.


6 posted on 05/25/2024 3:17:32 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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They are going to get pasted.


7 posted on 05/25/2024 3:25:03 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: hardspunned

The only thing the UK can agree on is they need to get rid of the fake conservative government. On July 4 that will happen.


8 posted on 05/25/2024 3:29:56 PM PDT by devere
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9 posted on 05/25/2024 3:30:18 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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“We are behind in the polls,” say the Tories. “What can we do to make us even more unpopular?”


10 posted on 05/25/2024 3:34:35 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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“National Service” in the USA would be an absolute nightmare. It would be a democrat-directed, woke Fed.gov red-guard corps


11 posted on 05/25/2024 3:40:55 PM PDT by PGR88
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Yeah that should make ‘em popular and win votes.

Mandatory service usually works in country people believe in, like South Korea. Ten years of mandatory service enabled the Roman Republic to crush all their neighbors.

That's not the case in Britain.

12 posted on 05/25/2024 3:42:02 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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Americorp. Turns young folk into lifetime democrats just like the Peace Corps. Get rid of both.


13 posted on 05/25/2024 3:46:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Commies gotta commie.


14 posted on 05/25/2024 3:47:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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It would be abused, if it were allowed. Liberals have always abused the goodwill programs that were set up for the common good.

I honestly believe it is possible that Heaven is a fascist place, as the word is actually defined and not the slur used by liberals to describe conservatives.

I could actually see a Star Trek type economy functioning in eternity, with automation being so productive that it can provide for everybody and everybody working at their best levels doing things they love.

But socialism can only work in Heaven and not on this plane. On this plane, we need to be free in order to do our best.


15 posted on 05/25/2024 3:48:39 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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Undoubtedly to “serve” the “newcomers”.


16 posted on 05/25/2024 3:50:04 PM PDT by packagingguy
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will biden grant amnesty to the illegals.


17 posted on 05/25/2024 3:57:14 PM PDT by ckilmer
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Hard to see how this helps them in the election.


18 posted on 05/25/2024 4:56:57 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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Yeah Well, We all ready have mandatory K thru twelve and they’ve managed to screw that up to the max..
During time of war, there’s a cause and a goal. But otherwise, I think it’s a bad idea to give the feds more excess to the young folks then what’s absolutely necessary..


19 posted on 05/25/2024 5:47:20 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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Not such a good idea. There are some 18-year-olds you would not want on your side in the military.


20 posted on 05/25/2024 5:57:09 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (e)
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