
Rishi Sunak erwägt Sanktionen gegen junge Menschen, die den Wehrdienst verweigern
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/20/rishi-sunak-floats-sanctions-on-young-people-for-refusing-national-service?CMP=share_btn_url

Rishi Sunak erwägt Sanktionen gegen junge Menschen, die den Wehrdienst verweigern
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/20/rishi-sunak-floats-sanctions-on-young-people-for-refusing-national-service?CMP=share_btn_url
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A guy who did no national service of his own when he was young.
Why all of a sudden are western countries uptight about draft policy?
As a 60yr old, I say fuck this Tory prick. Let young people choose their own path
Is this guy trying to destroy the Conservative Party or what.
“I’m gonna see just how few votes I can get for my party next month….what’s the record, anyway?”
It’s annoying how western governments slow walked the housing crisis, keep de-funding public healthcare and the welfare system; but now suddenly they want the youth to step up for the nation.
Fight yourself you fucking billionaire
Well, he’s really going for the young adult voters ain’t he…tories are just saying anything to stop people moving over to fascist farage
New policy, all stick no carrot
Are the Conservatives **trying** to get Labour a super-majority in Parliament, so that they can try to blame Labour for the UK’s coming implosion?
Why not national service for everyone? If not fit and young they can do their service in office jobs. Get rid of the private sector benefit checkers and use middle aged national service workers. There’s tons of government offices that would benefit from tea service provided by the middle aged. Heck even just picking up litter… anyone of any age can do that.
National Service means **service**. No need to go all Hitler youth with it.
This joker’s never had to fight for a damn thing in his life, now wants us to foot the bill. Yeah right, got better things to do.
in that case the young people will “float” the consequences of the french revolution for the ruling government, or is he delusional enough to think the uk hasn’t been at a boiling point for years?
He can say this type of nonsense because, even though he won’t admit it publicly, he knows he’s toast come election time.
Want young people to fight? Fix the social contract and make it worth their while
Rishi Shit-Sack should have to do national service
Lol, if you think someone drafted against their will is going to put any effort whatsoever into anything, you are delusional.
The best you’re going to get is someone trying to avoid dying. The worst is someone actively working against the system that is fucking them in the first place.
He’s really not helping relection
I ain’t no Lord son.
I’d like to float public floggins for people who don’t support taxes on the rich.
The man’s literally trying to make Reform the second largest party isn’t he lol.
At this point you’d have to suspect that Sunak is a Labour plant.
Doesn’t he have to actually get national service happening, in the first place?
What’s more embarrassing, the PM or those who voted for him.
It doesn’t matter what he says. He’s gone on the 4th July. I hope he fucks off with his tax-dodging wife to the US.
America does this by smiling while informing us none of those scholarships to college apply unless we apply
So the guy who left the D-Day ceremonies early to do an interview (which he arranged the time for, not ITV) wants the young to serve a year, unpaid, or they’ll be fined or have driving licences taken?
Kindly fuck off.
Or even better, unkindly.
You’re gonna get them to take up arms against you dumbass
You young poms need to be protesting.
Picket line every one of these Tories MP offices if you have to.
I’m just curious how much betting fraud he’s apart of, ‘cause he definitely Isent winning this election
Sunak looks like the type of guy who would dodge it using some legal loophole and brag about it to his mates.
A lot of people think it is military service. It is not, there will be a small number of places for the forces (30000ish) with the main goal of those being for people who want to enlist anyway.
It’s basically one weekend a month of community service for the vast majority.
The cost of administrative work for this will be massive, the amount of work done very little. Imagine you have a group of disinterested teenagers one weekend a month to try to get to do something. About all you could get them to do it litter picking or painting a fence.
It’s a huge lie that somehow it will be useful for people and more accurate to say it’s a complete waste of time and money. The risk assessments for tasks, the people organizing who does what, on site staff etc.
Misinformed people think it’s boot camp that will give kids discipline. It will do none of that. It’s a colossal waste that old people (who never did national service ) think of with rose tinted glasses as a sensible idea.
I’m past the age of conscription but anyone can see this would be as popular as a hedgehog in a condom factory.
You can’t spend decades burning out the core of a nation, and then demand that the youth fight to protect the ashes.
You have to understand who he is aiming this at. It’s at the demographic voting for Reform, namely angry, permanently online retirees who blame the kids for everything from not being able to say racist things and the fact that the world is different to what it was like when they grew up.
This policy is just what they want. It’s probably the first stirring in their loins they have had since the day Mildred wore a skirt above her knee.