Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Is a national service programme the answer to Britain's problems? | Pubcast #19 clip" video.

  1. ​@aituk let's face it, it's not going to be done right. It's Tories looking for thinly veiled slave labour
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  2. I agree that shop and bar work is good experience, but compelling people to do so on crap pay is not the way to do it!
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  3. ​ @aituk the real test is whether the private school kids get out of it School is clearly good, as rich families pay lots of money to go to good ones I suspect national service will be the opposite, and rich families pay to avoid it
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  4.  @aituk  it undermines the argument that it's a positive thing Nobody spends money to avoid positives!
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  5. Part of me wants this to be in the Tory manifesto - to watch all the young voters rush to vote against it!
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  6.  @keithparker1346  fully agree! It's obvious this policy has a very specific target though, and I hope those targeted will react accordingly
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