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Ten Minutes On...
What to know what's going on? Ten Minutes On... offers context and a concise analysis of major events and news stories from Guy Burton, a politics and international relations scholar.
Guy draws on his knowledge and experience as a politics and international relations researcher, writer, educator and commentator while working in several universities around the world.
Ten Minutes On...
Ten Minutes On... National Service
The British General Election campaign got underway with a policy bolt from the blue: national service. In this episode, Guy looks at how this policy would fit in with the UK Government's most recent Defence Review, some of the findings from researchers in economic and civic terms and which other countries employ some form of mandatory military service, including Scandinavian ones like Denmark, Sweden and Norway.