Get into uniform, Sunak tells teens

GET into uniform is Rishi Sunak’s message to first-time voters as his struggling election campaign took a militaristic turn today.
The Prime Minister announced that a re-elected Conservative government would bring back conscription, forcing teenagers into the armed services.
Eighteen-year-olds would have the alternative of doing compulsory service in their communities at weekends, he said, launching a policy unlikely to overcome the Tories’ enormous polling deficit among the young.
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