Politics latest: UK facing ‘dangerous moment’ as military chief calls for ‘citizen army’

The world feels pretty volatile right now – so tonight, we’re talking about defence Conscription. It makes me think about the First and Second World Wars, or distant countries far away. But today, the head of the army has warned that here in the UK we’re now in a pre-war, not a post-war, period. And if we do find ourselves at war with Russia, then we’re going to need to mobilise a civilian population because our current army is too small to keep us safe. The government has been very quick to distance itself from his comments – talk of…