An ill-conceived idea cynically rolled out half-cocked and a blatant attempt to woo a few wavering Mail/Express readers.
I’m not against the idea of a carefully thought-through plan to reintroduce National Service but this is just an act of desperation and not the way to go about it at all.
Sounds like somebody made a few notes on the back of a fag packet and said “Right - that’ll do. Get it out to the papers and see what happens.”