Rishi Sunak fights back after his National Service plan is ridiculed
The Prime Minister assured voters that National Service would open doors for teenagers that they wouldn't otherwise get through.www.dailymail.co.uk
Teenagers say Rishi Sunak's National Service plan is a winner
Under plans that will be in the Conservative manifesto all 18-year-olds would have to do paid military service for a year or unpaid community work one weekend a month.
Possibly 15,000 if they do a 50/50 split of people going military/other80,000 member military looking after a brand new batch of 30,000 'conscripts' every year ...
Interesting...
Is National Service in the UK a good idea?
The prime minister said on Saturday he would introduce a choice of a full-time military placement for 12 months or a scheme to volunteer for one weekend a month for a year.
Is National Service in the UK a good idea?
The prime minister said on Saturday he would introduce a choice of a full-time military placement for 12 months or a scheme to volunteer for one weekend a month for a year.news.sky.com
Then much hilarity ensued as they found out the water was polluted with volatile hydrocarbons and they got toasted...Fire fighting from Pumas and Blackhawks in Cyprus... back to the Mess in time for Brandy Sours before a full mezze on a Friday afternoon
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Climate and scenery might be better too...
Spiders. Big hairy spiders that move like the wind itself.
Yeah...and snakes...and lots of weird arsed giant rats that like fisticuffs...oh and that duckbilled creepy beaver rat thing...
Fixed that for you. And don't forget the crocodiles!
Yeah, forgot about platypi being venomous to boot...
Lots of things to avoid
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Lots of things to avoid
Cost of living, especially in the big cities (that most bases are in/near) are also high.
And that's a problem across the board in NATO, ABCANZ, et al.
I was 2 and a half when the Soviet Union collapsed... but yes. I read extensively about the "Peace Dividend" when I was studying history in school.
