All right, Alexander, the elections in the UK have started, right? They're officially underway.

And the government resigns, the parliament resigns, everyone. The government formally is still in

place. What has happened is that the king has dissolved parliament. So Rishi Sunak is prime minister,

but Parliament is dissolved and there is a new election to elect the MPs. But you're

absolutely right. The election has been underway and we can get a sense of where things are going.

Where are things going?

Because Rishi Sudak, last week he was talking about. of where things are going? Where are things going? It is the most reasonable...

Because Rishi Sundak, last week he was talking about national service, making it...

That's one of his campaign platform.

That's absolutely right.

It doesn't sound like a winning strategy.

Yes, it is his great, brilliant idea.

Bring back national service, bring back conscription.

The best and the finest will go into the army. This is great, brilliant idea. Bring back national service, bring back conscription. The best and the finest will go into the army. This is, you know, boys from 18 to, I think it's 24. We'll go into the army. All of the others will have to do service in various parts of the civilian governmental structure in the NHS and all of those things.

Apparently the ones in the army will be paid a small amount. It seems the others won't be,

which looks like, you know, some kind of mechanism, well, you know, force labour, if you will.

That is not going to win much support from young people. I know that there are opinion policy that from time to time suggest that. But Sunak is not looking to get votes from young

people, which he, who are not going to vote for him.

He's trying to shore up support from the older generation, the over 60s, who, you know,

traditionally feel that young people need to be brought under control and disciplined in all kinds of ways.

And it is the case that for the moment at least, people over 60 or some say over 65

look like they're going to vote conservative. But it's nowhere near enough and it's not

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