National service? More like national disgrace

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I do not think for one second that, despite Penny Mordaunt’s patronage, anything will transpire (PA Archive)

I see that the rancid old chestnut of bringing back national service has raised its antique head again. I do not think for one second that, despite Penny Mordaunt’s patronage, anything will transpire.

However, if I am wrong I fully expect to see the programme handed to serial bungler Dido Harding to oversee as chief executive. A recipe for disaster and another egregious waste of taxpayers’ money, whatever way you look at it.

Robert Boston