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Absolutely and thank goodness in the end they didn't take the stance "there's absolutely no way I'd fight in a war. Zero interest in that"

whats your age got to do with anything?

Well thank goodness the hundreds of thousands of brave, selfless young people in WW2 took a different view, or I very much doubt you would have the freedoms you enjoy now.

We live in a democracy so if 'the people' vote for a form of national service then that would not be the case. I don't think for a minute a vote would go that way but 'democratic freedom and choice' cant just mean 'I can do whatever I want'. Agree with your main point re funding though, and...

Yes and that's where the media, politicians etc have to take their responsibility. I don't believe half of the 'dislike issues' you have listed would be on people's radar if it wasn't for the Daily Mail et al whipping up negative and ultimately destructive stories to sell their papers or MPs for...

It was and still is, so fair play to you for starting the thread

Two weeks ago, a thoroughly unflattering statistic was doing the rounds. Both Roy Hodgson’s anaemic dirge of a Crystal Palace side and Roberto De Zerbi’s supposedly brilliant Brighton had won four of their past 17 Premier League games. One lost his job shortly after, while the other has been...

I sort of agree with you and I would be totally against national service etc but this mantra is arguably a contributory factor to why we are in our current moribund state. Society has become more and more fractured because too many people believe that they can do 'whatever they want' without...

Odd, opens fine for me and not behind a pay wall as far as I know

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/brighton-demise-exaggerated-2923956?ITO=newsnow

I agree but it poses an interesting question: If there is a desire of the people (remembering democracy literally means 'people rule') for constitutional change but the constitution has created a monopoly of power for only two parties that have an overriding self interest to prevent change, how...

Would attacking a Nato country lead to WW3 or would it be the end game for Putin? Assuming all Nato countries (and this assumes Trump is not in power I fear) stick to the basic principal of an attack on one is an attach on all, then Nato will wipe out Russian forces with ease. The balance of...

Its the government that declared 'f**k business' and lied to bring us Brexit. Economic incompetence has accompanied every policy and subsequent action.

I sort of agree with you but I think there is a difference between 'indifferent because I choose to be', compared to 'indifferent because I feel disenfranchised and don't have any faith in the democratic system or the people in charge of it

This is now a far more important subject for discussion. We are not a democracy (or at least not a functioning one) if less than 40% of the electorate are engaged enough to vote. I believe PR is essential so that everyone feels their vote counts, but in the short term we all need to be able to...

Whilst we focus on the desire for Statmer to become PM, I suspect little will change as a result. However, who becomes the next US President could literally change the course of the world and there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it.

My apologies if I misread your post

How is anti semitism amusing? Not Starmer's fault and he has done everything right, but disturbing to see racism anywhere in politics surely?

yes but probably only someone like these two could afford it

Remember when Oxford first came down to us. Up to then we had assumed they would all be university students! We were wrong, never seen so many abandoned DMs!