Why does Rishi if re-elected, want to bring in national service for the 18+ including mandatory drafting, yes drafting 😯?
I hear on the radio thismorning. Does he know something we don't?
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Lol, he's a muppet, desperately grabbing for anything that might make him look good to voters.
The whole "This demographic is lazy" is no different to what he's said about the disabled for his entire time in office.
If you really sit down and look at it, though... they're trying to force 18 year olds to spend one weekend a month carrying out voluntary service, the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, and critical local infrastructure - this is what most 18 year olds will be forced into doing (in theory).
Even those who are accepted to take the "military" option, they're going to be in an office somewhere, making sure that food and equipment is where it should be at the time it should be there... these are likely Eton educated boys - none of us high school educated plebs.
The thing is that it's not going to work in reality. One weekend a month isn't enough time to teach these people the skills they need to be a valuable member of the team... even a charity shop takes three or four days before you're confident enough to do just about anything.
If we put these people in the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, there's the issue of safeguarding to deal with. They're going to be mingling with our most vulnerable members of society - so they'll have to be vetted for that... at whose expense???
They also say that there would be no consequences for not doing your "mandatory conscription" - so there's nothing stopping you receiving your invite and saying "No, thank you".
The whole "This demographic is lazy" is no different to what he's said about the disabled for his entire time in office.
If you really sit down and look at it, though... they're trying to force 18 year olds to spend one weekend a month carrying out voluntary service, the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, and critical local infrastructure - this is what most 18 year olds will be forced into doing (in theory).
Even those who are accepted to take the "military" option, they're going to be in an office somewhere, making sure that food and equipment is where it should be at the time it should be there... these are likely Eton educated boys - none of us high school educated plebs.
The thing is that it's not going to work in reality. One weekend a month isn't enough time to teach these people the skills they need to be a valuable member of the team... even a charity shop takes three or four days before you're confident enough to do just about anything.
If we put these people in the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, there's the issue of safeguarding to deal with. They're going to be mingling with our most vulnerable members of society - so they'll have to be vetted for that... at whose expense???
They also say that there would be no consequences for not doing your "mandatory conscription" - so there's nothing stopping you receiving your invite and saying "No, thank you".