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MikeI've been listening to an excellent programme on <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/bbcradio4extra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcradio4extra</a> about National Service in the UK and the experience of those involved. It's not the sort of documentary I'd normally choose to listen to be I think it should be compulsory listening for any idiots who propose bringing conscription back. (And it points out that it was the <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tories</a> who abolished it).The programme on <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/BBCSounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCSounds</a> is called 'Call Up - The Story of National Service' - worth a listen for a slice of British history.<a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#army</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/conscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conscription</a>

Charming MalcontentSo young men (of all colors) are leaning towards the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a> orange buffoon: they don't appreciate service to their country; they don't understand honor and loyalty; they missed basic civics; they are hoodwinked by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#populist</a> hate; they don't believe in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheConstitution</a>... so bring back <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a>: give these miscreants a purpose

RosanitaDid you know that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> has proposed to eliminate AmeriCorps? I took a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stand4Service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stand4Service</a> Today and asked my lawmakers to invest in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmeriCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmeriCorps</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Voices4Service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voices4Service</a> has tools that make it easy – it took me 2 minutes. I hope you will speak up too: <a href="https://voicesforservice.org/take-action/contact-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://voicesforservice.org/take-action/contact-congress/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmeriCorpsWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmeriCorpsWorks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a>

Whiskers 🇦🇺Both the Britons who were looking forward to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nationalservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalservice</a> are reported to be gutted 🤣 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ukelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukelection</a>

Alexander HayI can now confirm that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RishiSunak</a> is either trying deliberately to lose, or is the stupidest bastard to ever have lead a major UK political party."Rishi Sunak floats sanctions on young people for refusing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a>"PM suggests curbs on finance or driving licences for 18-year-olds who refuse service during challenging Question Time leaders’ special..."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/20/rishi-sunak-floats-sanctions-on-young-people-for-refusing-national-service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/20/rishi-sunak-floats-sanctions-on-young-people-for-refusing-national-service</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GE2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralElection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElection2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPoliticis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPoliticis</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has signaled that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChrisMiller</a>, if there is a 2nd term, might reprise his role as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefSec</a>, a powerful post w/sway over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a>. Though Trump has not publicly endorsed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeritageFoundation</a> doc, he did embrace many of their proposals at the outset of his 1st term.In an interview, Miller said a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> requirement would be “strongly considered.” He described it as a “rite of passage,” that would create a sense of “shared sacrifice”…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conscription</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/draft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#draft</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BidenHarris2024</a>

Rosie Walters<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DDay</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a>

Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The irony won't be lost on most people of a Tory PM calling for national service while he himself is unable to attend a commemoration with other world leaders.Scotland and Wales can do better.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GE2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RishiSunak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dday80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dday80</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToryCorruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishIndependence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/YesScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YesScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/YesCymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YesCymru</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

AlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️<a href="https://fedimon.uk/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> Sunak's great idea but are you for or against?<a href="https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks</a>

Paul H 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺<a href="https://mstdn.social/@CrypticMirror" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CrypticMirror</a> The <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> nonsense didn't quite generate the "hate the young" momentum intended, I think.

In Search of a Better WorldSo banging on about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> didn't get the headlines they wanted, thus the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToryScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToryScum</a> have gone back to hating on trans people. The break was good while it lasted. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FuckTheTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckTheTories</a>

Vivienne DunstanFor and Against National Service | Yes, Prime Minister | Comedy Greats <a href="https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BritishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Comedy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BritishComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishComedy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/YesMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YesMinister</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/YesPrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YesPrimeMinister</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GeneralElection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElection2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/80sTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#80sTV</a>

AutisticMumTo3Readers blast Rishi Sunak’s plans for national service as ‘ill-conceived, headline-grabbing’ and ‘half-baked’ | The Independent <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/national-service-conscription-sunak-general-election-b2553867.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/national-service-conscription-sunak-general-election-b2553867.html</a><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a>

Derek McMillanNational Service. Now the aim of our patrol is a question rather droll, for to march and drill over vale and hill is a military goal. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RishiSunak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationalservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalservice</a>

Seddon :twt:Here I knowingly trigger Godwin's law, but honestly <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a> saying "service gives you purpose" conjures up a world where the next conservative slogan is about to be "work sets you free". There are so many better angles to frame <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/nationalservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalservice</a>, something I'm not inherently opposed, but his work I just feel its a little too right-wing dystopia for my tastes. He really does need a new campaign manager. I look forward to tomorrow's daily mash. I might have made a mockup for <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/theonion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theonion</a>

SubtleBlade ⚔️<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> policy would leave <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a>’s poorest areas worse off, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFS</a> warnsThinktank says proposal to pay for scheme by scrapping shared prosperity fund would downgrade efforts to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LevelUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LevelUp</a>[sic] country <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/national-service-proposal-conservative-party-uk-poorest-regions-ifs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/national-service-proposal-conservative-party-uk-poorest-regions-ifs</a>Meanwhile...<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/thousands-of-russian-youth-die-in-ukraine-war" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/thousands-of-russian-youth-die-in-ukraine-war</a>

Political Cartoon GalleryMatt on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElection</a> - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Political Cartoon GalleryMartin Rowson on the young, the rich and the election – <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralElection</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RishiSunak</a> political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

PJ Coffey<a href="https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sarahtaber</a> That's... interesting as the shower in the UK government are proposing reintroducing compulsory service, after 40 years of slashing and slashing nutrition programmes.Guess that's just reality having a left wing bias eh?<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a>

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦It's clear that Sunak's electoral strategy is to go all out for courting the elderly, and just take it for granted that young people won't vote.Next week I'm expecting some announcements on policies that will inflate house prices and benefit home owners at the expense of renters.Young people: show him he's wrong, and register to vote.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggvrp8v28o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggvrp8v28o</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKElection</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GE2024</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NationalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalService</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pensions</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunak</a>

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