Britain is sleepwalking into danger
The warnings could hardly be clearer. Military commanders, intelligence chiefs even the last Prime Minister have sounded the alarm: The world’s getting more dangerous and Britain's homeland is increasingly under threat. Yet this Government remains dangerously in denial.
TL;DR
- Former Tory MP Tobias Ellwood warns Britain is increasingly under threat from a dangerous world.
- He criticizes the government for being in denial about these threats.
- Ellwood highlights that modern warfare includes cyber-attacks, sabotage, disinformation, and threats to critical infrastructure.
- He advocates for a modern National Service program for 18-year-olds, involving an eight-month training period and annual refreshers.
- This program would train young people in areas like cyber defence, drone technology, emergency response, and infrastructure protection.
- Ellwood believes this would equip a generation to defend and support the country, restore civic duty, strengthen national unity, and rebuild resilience.
- He urges the government to act before it's too late, comparing the current situation to Britain's unpreparedness in 1937.