It's healthy to not want to fight, says General Sir Richard Barrons, but young British people may realise they have to be conscripted if war erupts between Nato and Russia
The math says no - UK youth is too disillusioned with its nation to reliably fight for it under pressure.
Nationalism is the domain of our older citizens, while our youth has grown up under a government that has slowly stripped them of their rights. We do have a lot of propaganda around, but most of it is anti-government, so no loyalty gIns there.
A draft would only be likely if an invasion of the UK were a possibility - and I suspect folks would fight against occupation.
The math says no - UK youth is too disillusioned with its nation to reliably fight for it under pressure.
Nationalism is the domain of our older citizens, while our youth has grown up under a government that has slowly stripped them of their rights. We do have a lot of propaganda around, but most of it is anti-government, so no loyalty gIns there.
A draft would only be likely if an invasion of the UK were a possibility - and I suspect folks would fight against occupation.
This article is just clickbait, nothing more.