New National Service Law in UK Would Force Young Adults Into The Military

Houses of Parliament and the London Eye from Waterloo Bridge. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

By JG Vibes

The UK government is attempting to pass a mandatory national service law for everyone between the ages of 18 and 26.

According to a new bill just about to become law in the UK “Every individual who has attained the age of 18 years, and who has not attained the age of 26 years, shall be liable to serve one year of national service at some point between these years unless exempt.”[1]

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 24 June 2013, then was debated on further this week. [2]

The term “national service” is used very broadly in this bill, and could mean anything from forced community service to conscription, and maybe even a full on return to the draft.  Although national service takes many forms, conscription is one of the eventual consequences.

Not only are the wars currently taking place around the world totally inhumane and illegitimate, but the very concept of conscription is nothing more than slavery, forcing someone to do something against their will.

Not only that but a mandatory draft would put people into a dangerous situation and force them to kill against their will.

With no end in sight for the wars across the Middle East and now Africa, it should be no surprise that bringing the draft back would definitely be on the agenda.

They may be able to dress up the language and make it seem like its no big deal, but a bill of this nature could certainly be used to force unwilling people into war in foreign lands that they have no desire in fighting.

Although, this will probably be targeted mostly at developing auxiliary citizen police forces to suppress people at home, at least for now anyway.

Murray Rothbard on Conscription:

Sources:

[1] National Service Bill (HC Bill 32) – Parliment.uk

[2] National Service Bill 2013-14  – Parliment.uk

JG Vibes is an Intellihub.com investigative journalist, staff writer and editor. He is also the author of “Alchemy of the Modern Renaissance”, an 87 chapter e-book and is an artist with an established record label.