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.
What a weird choice to offer: 12 weekends community volunteering, or a full year of your life in the military.
Ed: guessing there must be a pay difference.
The poors will self select the paid military gig because they can’t afford the time off from low pay sustinance jobs to volunteer.
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?
My counter offer would be: fuck right off. Don’t care what you think you can do sanction or punish me.