Rishi Sunak has announced that a future Conservative government would bring back mandatory national service, as he attempted to reignite his election campaign after an error-strewn start.
Under the plan, which appeared to be his latest attempt to reduce Tory losses by winning over voters drifting to Reform UK, the prime minister late Saturday said that every 18-year-old would have to spend time in a competitive, full-time military commission or spend one weekend a month volunteering in “civil resilience”.
Despite his unpopularity and losing the confidence of his party, he believes that this scheme will heavily boost his votes in the upcoming General Election. More worryingly, in a leaked memo with veterans minister he reported that failure to attend would result in 'legal punishment' which may include prison time for those who refused.
https://news.sky.com/story/sunak-sa...rvice-if-tories-win-general-election-13143184
Under the plan, which appeared to be his latest attempt to reduce Tory losses by winning over voters drifting to Reform UK, the prime minister late Saturday said that every 18-year-old would have to spend time in a competitive, full-time military commission or spend one weekend a month volunteering in “civil resilience”.
Despite his unpopularity and losing the confidence of his party, he believes that this scheme will heavily boost his votes in the upcoming General Election. More worryingly, in a leaked memo with veterans minister he reported that failure to attend would result in 'legal punishment' which may include prison time for those who refused.
https://news.sky.com/story/sunak-sa...rvice-if-tories-win-general-election-13143184
Bloody L, mate. You’re about to see cacs cross borders the way they cry about happened to them.
