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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Tory national service plan would harm UK’s defence, warns ex-military chief

Jeff J Mitchell/PA

Rishi Sunak’s proposal to enforce national service for teenagers is “hare-brained” and would only serve to deplete Britain’s defence capabilities, a former head of the Royal Navy has warned.

Writing in The Independent, the former head of the Royal Navy, Admiral Lord West, said the Tories’ general election plan showed Mr Sunak did not understand the level of danger the UK currently faces.

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