Quote Originally Posted by Old_pie View Post
The policy was devised in the hopes that Labour will come up with something even more stupid.

I don't think I've ever felt in such despair over a General Election. Even worse is that if too many decide that it's all a waste of time it leaves the door open for some minority group to edge their way in. As a British nation we've lost moral fibre, other nationalities living here who are eligible to vote (yes they are british too) seem to have a clear collective belief.

Today I had a hospital appointment (well done for being there on a Bank Holiday) and I was seen to by a pleasant chap from that country west of India, who, when it came up in conversation that I was seeing my GP on Election Day could not understand why it wasn't a National holiday so that everyone would be encouraged to vote. I'd vote for him
I hope Labour will see this for the trap it might be. Although it does set a trap for Labour surely it is aimed at recovering votes lost to Reform. Whenever my dad bangs on about National Service what comes through is: cameraderie; aimlessness; and the sheer waste of time that it was. Another ill thought out policy. It's coming to something when Steve Baker (arch ERGer and former member of the armed forces, albeit an engineer, is against it although that it could be an opportunistic dig can't be ruled out.)

Finally the thought that Reform is considering recruiting Ozymandias Johnson, the accidental Keynesian (a little less Benn, a little more Benito) is amusing, if only to see him used very much as the dancing monkey on their organ. They deserve each other.