UK PM to 18yo: You better work b*tch!

[LateToCult 41,828]

“I’m a Republican voting’ for Mitt Romney, you lazy b*tches is ****in’ up the economy.”

- Rishi Sunak, probably 

 

[palma 8,909]

he's gonna do what 

Is this the 19th century omg  also not volunteering 12 weekends a year vs 12 MONTHS OF MANDATORY SERVICE  who'd even choose that.

[LateToCult 41,828]

3 minutes ago, palma said:

he's gonna do what 

Is this the 19th century omg  also not volunteering 12 weekends a year vs 12 MONTHS OF MANDATORY SERVICE  who'd even choose that.

Rishi said he’s gon’ get that geezer vote one way or another. 

[Purrrrrr 18,075]

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[Ricardo 8,129]

they're getting ready for WW3 

[r4therupbeat 1,587]

well the UK public did not vote for him to be the PM. he ended up being the PM as the 4th alternate due to resignations. He can babble all he wants.

[Celloo Deng 56,310]

they're getting weird and desperate 

[Ziggy 14,009]

So…he’s trying to lose?

[Natalia Kills 413]

There's a tiny bit of logic in this. I think it would be good for young people as a whole to be more engaged in society with volunteering, plus get them mixing with others (including different generations if they volunteer rather than serve) and make them appreciate defense more. Realistically, the UK and most of the West need to invest more in defense to deter conflict, particularly on the cyberfront where hacks can bring our society down quickly. 

But, the reality is that no one wants to willingly do that, especially if there's minimal reward. If anything, it'd just slow people down from living their lives. There should be a carrot rather than a stick approach (e.g. do national service and get free tuition for university, extra house funding/rent relief, long-term cash payments etc).

[Karl 3,575]

Great way to appeal to their core elderly demographic who thinks that we eat too much avocado and if we didn't spend £5 on a coffee we could afford a house like they could 

[PartySick 172,413]

1 hour ago, Natalia Kills said:

particularly on the cyberfront where hacks can bring our society down quickly.

I agree with this part strongly

There was a report a week or two ago that US drinking water sources have been under attack by Iranian, Russian, and Chinese allied groups

The world needs fewer soldiers but that's not only because war is incredibly stupid. War is evolving. They won't drop bombs in 50 years, they'll just hack a nation's power grid...actually, they do that now

That said, idk if the ultimatum of military service or community service is an effective one