{"id":89284,"date":"2024-05-28T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=89284"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:30:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:30:21","slug":"rishi-sunaks-election-winning-strategy-bring-back-the-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/05\/28\/rishi-sunaks-election-winning-strategy-bring-back-the-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak&#8217;s big-brained election-winning strategy: bring back the draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled British Conservative leader Rishi Sunak has had another of his patented brainstorms for a policy that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativewoman.co.uk\/tories-to-young-people-we-hate-you\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">absolutely win his party huge numbers of &#8220;gammon&#8221; votes<\/a> in the July 4th general election:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89285\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Are-you-with-us-in-National-Service.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89285\" style=\"float:right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 25px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Are-you-with-us-in-National-Service-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Are-you-with-us-in-National-Service-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Are-you-with-us-in-National-Service-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Are-you-with-us-in-National-Service.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-89285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I thought the misty nostalgia for postwar &#8220;National Service&#8221; had died out long ago &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Here we go: straight off, let&#8217;s get the youth to do some indentured servitude, sorry, National Service. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/tories-want-all-18-year-olds-to-do-mandatory-national-service-xglndxs73\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sunday Times<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><em>Every 18-year-old will be required by law to sign up for a year of National Service under plans unveiled by the Conservatives this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak&#8217;s first manifesto commitment would see youngsters given the choice between a full-time course (for 12 months) or spending one weekend a month volunteering in their community. There will be sanctions for teenagers who do not take part. Up to 30,000 full-time positions will be created either in the armed forces or in cybersecurity training. The weekend placements could be with the fire or police service, the NHS or charities tackling loneliness and supporting older, isolated people.<\/p>\n<p>The Tories have pledged to set up a royal commission to design the \u00a32.5billion programme and establish details such as how the cybertraining would be delivered. A pilot will start next year and by the end of the parliament legislation will be passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/tories-want-all-18-year-olds-to-do-mandatory-national-service-xglndxs73\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making it mandatory for all 18-year-olds<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister says: &#8220;This new, mandatory National Service will provide life-changing opportunities for our young people, offering them the chance to learn real-world skills, do new things and contribute to their community and our country.&#8221; I doubt very much it will do this. The youth could learn real world skills in a weekend job that they&#8217;d actually get paid for but under Tory Rule they must become an indentured servant of the State instead.<\/p>\n<p>It was floated that &#8220;the weekend placements could be with the fire or police service, the NHS or charities tackling loneliness and supporting older, isolated people&#8221;. Really? The fire and police service having to babysit some surly 17-year-old teenager glued to a mobile phone? Is this really what a police officer wants?<\/p>\n<p>No doubt the vast majority of the youth will be dumped in some NHS hospital to do goodness knows what, or indeed a nursing home. And what about all the people who are currently off work and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/graphic-detail\/2024\/01\/19\/antidepressant-use-is-surging-in-britain\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on anti-depressants<\/a> &#8220;because of mental health&#8221;. Will they be forced to volunteer, or let off the requirement?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled British Conservative leader Rishi Sunak has had another of his patented brainstorms for a policy that will absolutely win his party huge numbers of &#8220;gammon&#8221; votes in the July 4th general election: Here we go: straight off, let&#8217;s get the youth to do some indentured servitude, sorry, National Service. 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