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‘No one going to jail’ for avoiding UK national service, says Cleverly
(www.theguardian.com)
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I wish there was a meaningful civilian corps in my country. The military tends to offer two selling points:
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.
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.