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A number of European countries are reconsidering national service or have brought it back in response to rising security threats from Mad Vlad and an increasingly-volatile relationship with the US
What we know about the UK government being urged to consider conscription
- The British government should consider conscription to the army as the threat of escalating war in Europe continues to rise, a shadow defence minister has said.
- Tory Baroness Goldie said the UK should recognise the “immediate threat” faced by ever-increasing global tensions.
- Speaking in the House of Lords, she said: “The threat that we are facing is immediate. Other countries, recognising that urgency, have taken steps to engage their public through a range of measures.
- “I think what this Chamber wants to know is what imminent steps will the Government take to educate the British public now about the gravity of the situation and to put the UK on to a comparable readiness footing to these other countries.”
- Fears of a global conflict continue to rise as Mad Vlad’s onslaught of Ukraine shows no signs of stopping and there are fears Russian aggression could spread to other parts of Europe.
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