@sun @anemone @Hyolobrika I don't see how any doubt is possible that national service is introduced as a step to draft. It's not a slippery slope at all, it's a measured progression. It's like how gun registration precedes confiscation.

In addition, U.K. is the most crazy with Russophobic madness in Europe (for certain values of "in"), been for many years. They really itch for a full-on war. Worse than Polaks even. They 100% rely on dragging the U.S. into it again. That is the context that makes them push for a draft no matter what.