Making Britain safe for Randy Andy

The latest is that the army is way too small and conscription is back on the menu. This won’t work. The days of people doing their patriotic duty once the call goes our are gone. Putting your life on the line to make Britain safe for Randy Andy, billionaires and tv celebrities is hardly going to appeal to your average Joe given the fact of information in the social media age. But just because the lads won’t enlist doesn’t mean the problem will go away. A Trump presidency will surely withdraw from NATO and sell Ukraine down the river. This will put Putin in reach of Poland and Moldova and the Baltic’s. So the Brits and the rest are right to be nervous. What it all emphasises of course is another baleful effect of brexit. Britain virtually called all the military shots in Europe which suited Germany down to the ground. In the new order this role would only be enhanced but the real beauty of it would be the bill would be borne by all. Britain would literally have another chance to redo the history of 1950 when they refused the leading role in a new Europe offered by France and Germany. Desperate to cling on to the empire they failed to see the big picture and paid the price. Well, getting it wrong once may be called careless but twice is a mistake and so you will have to tell the little fella that when he leaves school his first job will be putting on the uniform and learning how to fire a gun.