"Ms Kendall said in the House of Commons she “absolutely agrees’ with calls to ensure more young people join the armed forces, and she would be putting together a plan to make this happen. She added: “I will certainly be having more conversations with colleagues in the Ministry of Defence.”
I suspect this is one reason why they tightened the definitions of disability and made it harder, especially for young people, to claim disability. if they’re declared fit and healthy they can be forced into the army ready for ww3.
The UK wouldn’t survive even something as mild as a return of national service IMO. If they ever did try and bring it back it would probably be for England only, because anything else would just speed up the glacial breakup of the UK that is already occurring. I’ve stopped trying to predict when reunification would happen ever since Brexit, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a referendum 10 years from now. Once NI goes then Scotland is only a matter of time, potentially a very long matter of time, but still inevitable.