Are you an 18 year old in the UK?
Fuck your uni studies.
Fuck your job.
Fuck that person you’re caring for.
Who is going to employ any school leaver, knowing they’re going to be pulled into National Service when they turn 18?
*extract from todays Telegraph
@mickcarty
I'm from the US so I'm not clear, does this mean mandatory military service? For how long?
@Bliss
For one year in the military, or for one weekend per month for a year with essential services such as the police, fire department, or NHS
So, if you have a job or are a student, you take the weekends option.
Me, I think mandatory national service for high school graduates is a fine idea. Get some skin in the game, learn some real-world stuff.
Um, what?
Why would I think that? I'm going by the information YOU provided.
Were you misleading me? Are you suggesting they're going to make kids PAY to do national service on weekends?
Pretty much as I thought.
If it wasn't backed by the party you back, you're against it, and you're willing to invent unsupported reasons for why.
Got it. You're like the Republicans voting against the border bill because Biden might get credit.
Mm-kay. That explains why your big reason for being against it is that it's a "Tory proposal".
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@mcfate
Will I tell you why I’m against it?
Well, I’m sure there are some kids who will welcome, and benefit from, this idea, but the vast majority will not. British society has changed dramatically from what it was in years gone by, and good luck convincing any 18 year old to leave home for the military. Most can’t even organise their own driving lessons these days.
A huge number already have anxiety, and self esteem, even self-identity issues.
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@mcfate
As if we haven’t been treating the youth of this country like shit for years - lower minimum wage, no housing entitlement, taking away their right to live, work, & study in 27 countries- the government are now saying “don’t worry, we’ll keep you studying maths until your 18, then stick you in the army for a year.”
The British armed forces, too, have suffered under these clowns; reduction after reduction, until it’s barely recognisable as being any force at all.
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@mcfate
Police forces, fire services etc who’ve also faced massive cuts, and had to fight for a decent wage just to do their jobs, will also have to make room for weekenders.
And how will it be paid for? From the Shared Prosperity Fun. From the money cities have been promised to ‘level up’.
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@mcfate
If this comes about - and I’m nowhere near certain it will as it’s more than likely just a dead cat to deflect from other issues - university study, apprenticeships and other youth opportunities will be absolutely trashed. Just to serve a desperate vanity project.
Why would any of those things be "trashed"? Someone looking for an apprentice will stop wanting one?
We're talking about one weekend a month here. You sound like you're catastrophizing to me.
Since when did "improving the military" factor into the for you? Is it measurable in minutes?
I get it, you hate the Conservative Party.
@mcfate
Now they’ll likely have to act as a glorified community centre for kids who won’t want to be there. How will this improve the military?
Look at the Argentine or Russian conscripts, and how many simply dropped their guns and ran, or surrendered, to see how effective that is.
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