Conscription implies compulsory service. Nothing voluntary about it. If your name comes out of the hat - you're in, short of having a serious certifiable disability. (or a near relative with connections)
As for "Scroats", the services have a great record of re-engineering them into better members of society. Bring it on I say, and keep the liberal lefties in the dark.
When "Our Reggy" next door went home AWOL during Suez, the MP's arrived on a motorbike and sidecar combo. His mother said, "He's under the kitchen table - you can have him - he been better since he's been in the Army"
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