To wonder why people aren’t worried about this??

[Mummytotwonow]

https://news.sky.com/story/time-to-think-the-unthinkable-and-consider-uk-conscription-says-britains-former-top-nato-commander-13056148

Sorry if I’ve missed any threads on this.

It’s not just sky news reporting this but for days now in the media this is being raised.

AIBU - to be extremely worried and concerned about this?

Is anyone else not worried?? Are we being prepared ready as “the higher up” know more and the threat is bigger than we’re told.

what age would it be from and to??

l‘m so scared for the world our children are growing up in 😢

Why don't you invite some of the soldiers round for dinner? You know the ones who raped, tortured and castrated civilians.

This.

Hell will freeze over before my boys fight. I have 2 older teens & a pre-teen & it just would never happen, I'll see them in jail first.

@Mummytotwonow

Nick Ferrari LBC cracked me up this morning. He said something lije

'conscription 😂😂😂this generation can't brush their teeth without looking it up on tic tok'

If being occupied by Russia is preferable to being here then can you return so you’re happier?

WAR IS COMING PEOPLE.
And i dont care.

I'll be sending DS to live in the tropics with Dsis. No son of mine is going to be canon fodder.

For those saying "my sons won't be fighting", if it came down to it, they just would. They would be forced to. Its likely that if it got to that stage, public opinion would be completely different and most would volunteer given the dire situation.

In ww2 low level prisoners could join up to avoid prison and some prisoners were offered early release if they joined up.
Prisoners are considered unreliable and as such they would not just be sent to war en masse.

This stuff bugs me, it’s not like he has faced a war (unless he was in armed forces)

I’m not worried about it because it won’t happen.

Nobody on this thread can say if they would or wouldn’t be but it’s very unlikely. Women would be expected to engage in the war effort but as infantry they would be massively ineffective and a distraction. Do you mean in the British army? I think at present we have a grand total of 50 odd women in the infantry, so ‘women fight in the infantry’ is stretching it a bit.

@soupfiend sorry should have clarified, lots of fear whipping up on reddit etc, different in tone to this one. Probably not the case, but there has been so much meddling with elections andwhatnot, it just made me wonder.

He wouldn’t be allowed to leave.

@Naptrappedmummy

It's not stretching anything, women do fight in the infantry.🤷‍♀️ the number is irrelevant - the statement is still a factually correct one.

Are people talking about a land invasion? Surely that’s unlikely (and difficult) as we’re an island.

You can be a conscientious objector, most people in WW2 didn’t go down this road because of the shame and fear of being called a coward. But no one cares now.

Failing that, can’t you just say you’ve got anxiety/depression?

Seems like someone’s stirring up trouble.

Thank Christ for that.

All those saying "my children won't fight" etc. Do you think in past wars, parents wanted their children to be called up? Of course they didn't. I have ancestors who did just that in both World Wars at very young ages and got killed. If everyone refuses, what then. But it's okay if it's others that killed but not your own?

For the photography company?

Did you know that Russia has a higher adult literacy rate than the UK?

It’s not your choice. They might even want to.

It sounds like the solution is that you just moved to Russia im sure they can find you a job with that mentality of yours.

What Ive learned from this thread is that Russia is a great place to live.

Fabulous

I agree with the theory but
That would be desertion
Better to stay and make a case against fighting and war as a conscientious objector.

They wouldn’t be jailed. They would be picked up for service and if they deserted they wound face a rather harsh punishment via court martial. If it was as simple as reclining in a cell for a few years everyone would do it.

That made me ugly laugh, thank you