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Calls for reintroduction of British conscription are crass nonsense: Patrick Mercer

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Do you remember all that daftness that went on a few weeks ago about Britain having to reintroduce conscription? It was the flavour of the week with every general, fireside fusilier and even some government ministers whose military experience went no further than the school cadets chipping in.

As Armageddon approaches, they claimed, our youngsters need to be forced to shoulder a rifle for a couple of years. I’m still not sure what it was really about, but I do know that it was crass nonsense. Suppose we raised, say, 100,000 new troops where would we put them? Our barracks and airfields have become migrant centres and with what would we arm them? All our artillery, missiles and tanks have gone to Ukraine. Then think about the political impact and the costs.

But, with about 800,000 troops already under arms, surely Kyiv has enough to keep Moscow at bay, doesn’t she? Well, the point is that yet more are needed to roll Russia back with units that have been constantly in the line since early 2022 needing to be rotated for refitting and rest whilst entirely new brigades are formed to replace those lost in the disastrous counter-offensive of last summer.

 

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