So ignoring the semanatics, is it your proposal that somehow we were 'not British' 70 years ago? That would be an interesting assertion. (View Post)

I am amazed no one has posted this yet today :) Yes Minister on National Service polling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgjEjJkZks (View Post)

Its an interesting point with the farmers. Their complaint has been a lack of available labour at almost any sustainable price. So the question is whether the scheme would work better if it was natio… (View Post)

Oh absolutely. As I said in my OP I don't agree at all with what is being proposed by Sunak. But the general tone here of Alternative Service being a wildly stupid idea is not, in my opinion, a … (View Post)

I don't agree with this scheme, with its implementation or its timing. But it is worth pointing out that the system of Alternative Service has been successfully used in many European Countries f… (View Post)