The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1

It is basically to get the over-65 on board over from Reform. I can see him trying to ban work from home as well since retired people seem to really hate we can do that now.

Originally Posted by Damien

It is basically to get the over-65 on board over from Reform. I can see him trying to ban work from home as well since retired people seem to really hate we can do that now.

They were polling badly with younger voters already, I wonder whether they might lose more votes than they gain with this idea. It really just smells desperate and ill considered. Like everything else about the last 3 days. Heck has it only been 3 days?

It is a well known fact that the British armed forces actually quite like being a professional force unencumbered by youths who don’t want to be there and have little interest in embracing the army life. It is a less well known fact that years of cuts and cack-handed procurement have withered our armed forces alarmingly. We certainly need more boots on the ground but this isn’t the way to go about it.

Well its not going to win them the election, and may even do them even more harm.

Either way there is no danger of them actually being able to do this.
Labour introduced it last time it happened, but I cant see them backing this.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Damien

It is basically to get the over-65 on board over from Reform. I can see him trying to ban work from home as well since retired people seem to really hate we can do that now.

Its a policy straight from the BNP playbook as this is the party that proudly boast about being the party of defence and yet they have cut defence spending to the bone since being in power.

[jfman]

I wonder if a bookmaker will give odds on an aircraft carrier being sent to the Falklands during the campaign.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by jfman

I wonder if a bookmaker will give odds on an aircraft carrier being sent to the Falklands during the campaign.

Do we still have one?

A Faroe Islands conflict, might be a better one. Those Danes have got it coming...

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Originally Posted by Damien

It is basically to get the over-65 on board over from Reform. I can see him trying to ban work from home as well since retired people seem to really hate we can do that now.

It is bizarre how much the young are hated, given that they are now few in number, with a ageing, decaying population, that desperately need them.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by jfman

I wonder if a bookmaker will give odds on an aircraft carrier being sent to the Falklands during the campaign.

l will given you evens Sir.

Originally Posted by Chris

They were polling badly with younger voters already, I wonder whether they might lose more votes than they gain with this idea. It really just smells desperate and ill considered. Like everything else about the last 3 days. Heck has it only been 3 days? .

I do wonder if this is one of the things we've misread the public mood for though. Lots of people I can this is playing well for.

As someone said on Twitter on the 24th (before Sunak came out with his latest gem).

@StuartLaidler

Truly astonishing to me how many people who have never done National Service, and who are old enough that they never will, seem to think that bringing back National Service will solve all UK problems

19:45 24/05/2024

[peanut]

What does 'Mandatory Volunteering' mean??

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Damien

I do wonder if this is one of the things we've misread the public mood for though. Lots of people I can this is playing well for.

Have a look at some of the readers comments in the Fail and Express (if u can lower yourself). There's outrage at the thought of 'Heidi and Henry' being sent off to some war. All by politicians who did no national service and didn't get £50k's worth of Uni debt.

It's all cobblers anyway , just like Rwanda. All soundbites that they know will never happen. Red meat for a few of the loons, that might save a couple of seats (it won't).

Bringing back public hangings next week I predict.

btw, this was the Official government MoD position on Thursday (after the election was called), in answer to a parliamentary question…

[Ms NTL]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Outstanding!

Maybe I'm missing something - are we supposed to know who she is ?