UK must 'listen carefully' as army chief warns public could face conscription, says Tobias Ellwood

Former defence secretary Tobias Ellwood has warned conscription could be a possibility in Britain as "authoritarian states exploit our timidity" on the global stage.

Speaking to Sky's Kay Burley, the Tory MP warned the UK has become "too complacent", adding that "there is a 1939 feel to the world right now".

Mr Ellwood was discussing reports General Sir Patrick Sanders is to suggest the British public could face a call-up to the army in the event of a war with Russia.

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[joebees]

Young people can't even afford a house or get a job or a gp appointment or an operation and now they want us to fight their wars 😂

[TJBeyonder]

No I’m good thanks I’ve lost enough friends and family members who thought they were protecting democracy but they were actually protecting politician’s wallets

[tonyblack]

Not a chance. My government doesn’t represent me.

[LongDarkTeatimeOfTheSoul]

There's more of a guy fawkes feeling in the country than a 1939 feeling....

[mroutro]

Why would I want to fight and sacrifice my life for a country that doesn’t even look after its own people. I will pass thankyou!

[lindaphillips]

6000 homeless veterans is the poster image for the army. This guy should wake up.

[chriswilkinson]

Conscription sounds like something an authoritarian country would do.

[johngorton]

My father served in WW2 and was in the D Day landings he said it was terrible and said let them that make wars fight them and not expect others to fight for them

[tomd]

So the situation for young people today is low pay, job insecurity, the prospect of never owning a home or retiring... and now they may want us to die for a country that does nothing for us? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah you'd have to imprison half the under 30s

[aw-resistance]

"1939 feel to the world right now"
Our society doesn't feel like 1939, our grandparents wouldn't recognise this hellhole.

[DrTruth]

For the average person in the UK, there’s nothing worth fighting or dying for here!!!

[gtd]

Turn off the TV and it's nothing like 1939. Strange that, isn't it?

[jeffhgv]

Any conscription should involve MPs sons and daughters, even MPs themselves, only the ones directly involved with the war cabinet should be exempt.

[Admiral_Jezza]

Not fighting a people I have no issue with, for people who don't care one bit about me.

[Nellsmum]

Was he around in 1939? He's a 'former' everything & just loves the sound of his own voice.

[danielrawlings]

"If the British soldiers in Normandy who went to the beaches in 1944 could see what happened today, they would not have gone 40 yards up the beach." –David Irving

[mikeomolt]

Uneasy about his enthusiasm. He seems almost excited.

[martinmclaren]

leave our youth alone, send in the politicians?

[jasonsellick]

We should all mobilise against our respective governments

[etik]

Conscription for national service involves forced labour. This is the definition of Modern Slavery.