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'Teenage Dad's Army' Keir Starmer mocks national service, is that just what Rishi Sunak wanted?

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Latika M Bourke
May 27, 2024
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If Rishi Sunak were serious about national service, he would have done two things, made the case for it and made it a bipartisan cause. 

Instead, by lobbing it out at the start of a spluttering campaign he makes it clear that he is trying to draw a political faultline for this election, that no current poll says he will win. 

Labour Leader Keir Starmer an…

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