Does the Tory Party hate young people? Home Secretary quizzed on LBC

James Cleverly has said a proposed new National Service for 18-year-olds is "compulsory" but those who refuse will not receive "criminal sanctions".

On Saturday, the Prime Minister announced the new election pledge and confirmed all 18-year-olds will be made to enrol in a year-long military placement or spend one weekend each month volunteering under the plan.

Mr Sunak has received backlash to the proposal but said he wanted the changes to instil a "shared sense of purpose” in youngsters.

The Home Secretary has defended the idea to Lewis Goodall on LBC on Sunday and said he hopes the scheme will help fix social fragmentation.

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[hgmet]

I say anyone who still plans on voting Tory should be recruited to a new national service in which they're taught critical thinking and selflessness.

[GaryV-ph]

Don't worry kids, it's not just you they hate, it's the sick, the disabled, the unemployed, doctors nurses, teachers, train drivers & anyone who wasn't born in the UK.

[leesimpson]

Except..the Tories caused the break up of community. They have constantly cut services to youth centres, demolished sure start and Thatcher introduced everyone for themselves neoliberal capitalism

[ianhalsall-fox]

Divide the country over 14 years and blame the 18 year olds!

[paulastevenson]

Commenting as an old woman and I have never heard such disgraceful nonsense in all my life.

[davidbradford]

The Tories are running out of people to alienate.

[Rexelth]

Step 1: Cut support services for young people, saddle them with debt, spend a decade denigrating them.
Step 2: Force them to work for free
Step 3: Use their tax money to pay your friends at G4S, Serco etc. to "coordinate" the National Service.
Step 4: Wonder why younger people overwhelmingly hate the Tories.

[SteveGrethe]

Cleverly using the word 'honest' from a party that told us they did not party in lock down, told us that brexit would make food cheaper, that told us £350 million per week would be given to the NHS, told us they were going to build 40 hospitals!

[imaca]

I don’t think it was possible for the Conservative Party to absolutely disgust me more but here we are

[riffraff]

Restore national pride, vote a Tory out.

[hgmet]

Not content with taking away people's right to free speech and to protest; having saddled students with debts running into £100k with no prospects of owning a home or a stable job, they're now trying to trap them into indentured servitude.

[patrickhowell]

July 4th can't come soon enough! I can't stand the Tory BS any longer!

[williammccusker]

If this is "the best country in the world" I'd be petrified to travel abroad.

[nigelstones]

This is just unbelievable, I’ve 2 sons 18 and 21……. I want my kids to have choice….the Tories have lost it completely….. they have just lost millions of young votes. I think they know they are going to lose, and they are making sure they lose by a record margin!

[RussySprout]

Let’s see how many children of Tory Ministers take part in this “compulsory” practice!

[thomascostello]

"Were sick of young people protesting our horrendous policies, so lets make them spend their weekends in work camps"

[trevorsimmons]

Says the party responsible for stoking culture wars. Shameless

[timmk]

Lewis,
I’m 30 this year, and my entire voting life the tories have actively made my life harder at every twist and turn. I have no reference for adult life without a government deliberately making my life harder. I hope the next 5 years are different.

[Paul_W_Tudor]

As a Gen X I can honestly say that young people do NOT live in 'their own little bubble', they are literally the most diverse and inclusive generation we have ever had. They also have to work harder than any previous generation and for an awful lot less. It's the boomers who absolutely live in their own little comfy bubble with little to no understanding of how others think or feel, or indeed, the challenges they face. Perhaps its time we looked at how the boomers could make an actual contribution to society instead of the current condition wherein they are the beneficiaries of everyone else's hard work. These tories are absolute crackpots and clearly in full troll mode now that they know they will lose at the next general election.

[susanfrancis]

James is very cleverly showing us why we should NOT vote Tory.