Younger said the government should compel Britons to “give their service one way or another.” He proposes the “Swedish method,” in which Sweden in 2017 (following Crimea’s vote to rejoin Russia), adopted a policy to compel 18-year-olds “to give their service one way or another, but doesn’t exercise it except in areas where it’s really needed,” he told the BBC’s “Today Podcast.”
The Daily Mail also reported April 7 that intelligence sources have warned families “to pack a 72-hour ‘survival kit’ in case Russian attacks on energy pipelines plunge Britain into a blackout.” This is to prepare for Russia to “sabotage the U.K.’s infrastructure,” citing alleged “increasing concern over Russian activity in the North Sea close to crucial energy links with continental Europe.”
