UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected
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Ruling Conservative Party says it will bring back national service if it wins the July 4 general election.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15826549

Ruling Conservative Party says it will bring back national service if it wins the July 4 general election.

Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory national service if the Conservative Party is voted back to power in the United Kingdom’s July 4 election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced.

The prime minister’s plan would entail young people being given a choice between a full-time placement in the armed forces for 12 months or spending one weekend a month for a year volunteering in their community, the party said.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    47•7 months ago

    It’s almost as if the Tories don’t actually think about their policies before they announce them.

    But that couldn’t be true, could it?