British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proposes a social credit score-lite for the United Kingdom, where access to modern life basics like a car or financial services could be withdrawn for young people who refuse National Service.
The Prime Minister was reluctant to engage on how precisely the government would force young people to sign up for National Service and appeared to stumble at one juncture, blurting out a “sorry?” when asked directly about compulsion. While falling short of committing to any one path, and hand-waving away responsibility for doing so by saying an independent body would make these decisions, Sunak said the government was considering restricting access to modern life essentials.
Service would “create a shared sense of purpose among our young people and a renewed sense of pride in our country”, he said”. These comments followed a flurry of discussions by top military figures about the growing threat from Russia and of the possibility of war in Europe., Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders said this year the British Army needs to be retooled to “rapidly expand” to create a “citizen army”.