Part of the problem people have is that the only reason the security situation is so bad is because of the Tories cutting funding to the regular military. It’s going to cost 2.5 billion to implement this scheme, well wouldn’t it be better to spend that money on professional soldiers, before telling everyone they have to conscript?
If conscription is still required at that point then maybe it will be tolerated, because there’ll be an understanding that it’s now actually necessary. As opposed to just covering up for previous governmental mismanagement.
It’s not just the U.K. that’s been neglecting its duties; the whole western world has been sleeping at the wheel. £2.5bn is a drop in the ocean that we, collectively in the west, need to invest to stand up a credible defense posture.
Ignoring for a second the paid/unpaid status of the proposal (which won’t happen anyway as the tories will lose this one), the notion of training some conscripts for a possible mobilisation isn’t the worst idea in the world - it’s how most of the states bordering Russia balance peace vs possible war.
Part of the problem people have is that the only reason the security situation is so bad is because of the Tories cutting funding to the regular military. It’s going to cost 2.5 billion to implement this scheme, well wouldn’t it be better to spend that money on professional soldiers, before telling everyone they have to conscript?
If conscription is still required at that point then maybe it will be tolerated, because there’ll be an understanding that it’s now actually necessary. As opposed to just covering up for previous governmental mismanagement.
It’s not just the U.K. that’s been neglecting its duties; the whole western world has been sleeping at the wheel. £2.5bn is a drop in the ocean that we, collectively in the west, need to invest to stand up a credible defense posture.
Ignoring for a second the paid/unpaid status of the proposal (which won’t happen anyway as the tories will lose this one), the notion of training some conscripts for a possible mobilisation isn’t the worst idea in the world - it’s how most of the states bordering Russia balance peace vs possible war.