UK conservatives are going for the youth vote by announcing they will enact one year mandatory national service for eighteen years old if elected
Labour were already going to dominate this election. Sunak has massively miscalculated calling for this election any sooner than he had to. Not sure what was going to change by December, but . . .
That said, for 96% of 18YOs, this would be one weekend a month volunteering at a charity or doing some civil service. Not exactly what most have in mind when they hear “one year mandatory national service.” It’s like “200 hours community service,” if we are being fair.
