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THE armed forces must raise the enlistment age to 18 and stop running “exploitative” recruitment campaigns that target vulnerable young people, says a report published today.
Campaign group ForcesWatch and healthcare charity MedAct are releasing a joint dossier of evidence accusing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of “glossing over” the “reality of an armed forces career” and falsely portraying it as “superior” to a civilian lifestyle.
Their scathing report found that the latest MoD advertising campaigns have an “emphasis on camaraderie that exploits adolescent vulnerability and masks experience of isolation within the armed force community.”
History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM