Home secretary says teenagers will not face criminal sanction if they refuse to join military or do volunteer work

So… not compulsory then? Or do you just get fined or something? Anyway, earliest policy U-turn of the Conservative campaign so far - will it be their best?

  • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    I wish there was a meaningful civilian corps in my country. The military tends to offer two selling points:

    • Employer of last resort that takes most-all comers
    • Disciplined, all-inclusive experience

    which would be valuable for many young adults, but there’s no reason we can’t get a similar model without the whole “die for hegemony/oil/to impress rightwong voters that you’re tough” factor. Surely we’ve got plenty of Corps of Engineers atyle grunt work thete.

    • HumanPenguinEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      We sorta do in the UK. Cameron set one up with his big society claim. He even claimed he’d consider making it mandatory for teenagers.

      Issue is it is funded as well as any service under the tories.