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The Independent UK
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Readers blast Rishi Sunak’s plans for national service as ‘ill-conceived, headline-grabbing’ and ‘half-baked’

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Rishi Sunak’s pledge to enforce national service for 18-year-olds has marked a controversial beginning in the Conservative Party’s general election campaign.

Independent readers were broadly critical of reintroducing national service in the UK when we asked for your opinions this week.

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