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Well, the regular army is under funded - too much emphasis on building aircraft and boats - and I don't see the harm in having cadet groups attached to schools. It's better than going around to schools in deprived areas offering money to kids to join the army, which is what they do actually do in the US.
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Don't the army still pay the Public School fees for the children of certain officers? I'd suggest they're not underfunded at all.
And frankly if grown men want to play soldier, they can do it with their own money, not mine.
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I can buy the more money for the army argument - the reality is that Putin and others are a very real threat who thrive on weakness - but militarization of kids? Nope.
Manc_Ronnie
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This Michael Fallon stuff at the Tory Party conference - the defence budget to grow every year, army to pretty much have legal immunity, cadet groups to be formed in state schools...
Petrifying, it's like they're trying to turn us into the U.S.