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.

  • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    To be fair, he probably needs to conscript an army of eighteen year olds into national service to get his ears cleaned. Must take fucking months to cover every square mile of those fucking things.