Why aren’t young people joining the army? | LBC debate
The Cross Question panel debate a question from caller Chris, who asks, ‘Why would anyone want to join the army?’
Iain is joined by Former leader of the Scottish Labour Party Jim Murphy, Conservative MP Harriet Cross, Former Green Party leader Baroness Natalie Bennett and Daily Telegraph Columnist Ella Whelan.
0:00 | Caller Chris puts his question to the panel
0:58 | Jim Murphy says some in the military feel a ‘calling’ to enlist
2:12 | Harriet Cross thinks Brits should be ‘proud to serve’
4:23 | Ella Whelan says ‘Britain no longer knows what it stands for’
7:10 | ‘In previous wars, there was a sense of belief in the mission’
7:57 | Baroness Natalie Bennett says caller Chris makes ‘a powerful point’
10:07 | Listener Elena says ‘all MPs should do voluntary armed service’
12:00 | Ella Whelan thinks there isn’t a ‘strong sense of what it means to be British’
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