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    Home - UK News - Rishi Sunak’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief
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    Rishi Sunak’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief

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    Rishi Sunak’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief

    Rishi Sunak’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief

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    Criticism of proposed scheme comes as another blow to the party’s struggling election campaign

    Britain’s armed forces need more money not untrained teenage volunteers, former military leaders and Tory figures have said in a new blow to the Conservatives’ faltering election campaign.

    Within hours of being announced, Rishi Sunak’s election pledge to bring back military service for 18-year-olds was rubbished by army chiefs and a former Conservative defence secretary.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/26/rishi-sunaks-national-service-pledge-is-bonkers-says-ex-military-chief

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    David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

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