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All you need to know as calls for national service return grow
- Lord Robertson urges a Swedish-style national service in Britain to boost defence readiness amid growing threats.
- The proposal links national service to wartime duty, including civil rescue and critical infrastructure work.
- Robertson criticizes government complacency on defence spending and notes delays in the defence plan.
- Britain already had national service from 1949 to 1960, indicating a historical precedent for the idea.
- Robertson warns of daily threats such as cyber-attacks and espionage from Russia and Iran.
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