sir patrick sanders.e is head of the army. he's is the head of the army. he's making major speech this making a major speech this morning. going to we morning. he's going to say, we may need to mobilise the nation. in the people in other words, the people may have called up to fight have to be called up to fight for king country. we go for king and country. if we go to with russia. to war with russia. this is coming this morning, jack. coming up this morning, jack. you are. you're going to sign up. >> he's going to stress the british be called to british public will be called to fight if the uk goes to war, because the military is too small. because the military is too sm.well, makes me think. and >> well, it makes me think. and it was of my favourite it was one of my favourite programs in the 1970s. dad's army, remember army, you remember captain mannering, at mannering, the home guard at walmington uh, they were walmington on sea? uh, they were great men, but of great and fine men, but of course it woul

now the outgoing chief of the general staff, general sir patrick sanders, is warning that the army really needs to be strengthened. he said this will affect us, and we, as a military generation, must also prepare. this is a task that concerns the entire nation. ukrainian experience demonstrates perfectly that wars are started by regular armies, but civilian armies win them. this problem has always existed, as a country we are no longer at war, we have stopped active hostilities. if you remember, we stopped fighting in afghanistan in 2014. so, for 10 years now we have not sent our soldiers into battle or deployed our forces in a combat zone . and recruitment is always underway. typer begins in january and will cover 11 countries, the largest coordinated uk rollout in a generation. units in several multinational exercises throughout europe. the operation will demonstrate the british army's combat readiness and commitment to nato. a modern british army that is ready for the challenges of the future requires us to adapt the way we train to meet the needs of the soldiers of the future. army ba

general sir patrick sanders does not think so, and our future colleague boris johnson does not think and country? of course i would love to do it, and i have the right training. between the ages of 16 and 18, i went through it hour by hour. week after week in the so-called united cadet detachment. not a promising recruit at first, i failed the so-called imperial test, which involved safely cleaning, loading and firing a .303 lie infild rifle . because of me, my platoon spent a very wet and cold night out in the open on salisbury plain guarding, as it turned out, the wrong pylon. my performance on the parade ground was chaotic, my shirt wouldn’t button up, my boots came off and i was repeatedly... subjected to horrific abuse by sergeant major regiment, the man behind verbal cruelty, which probably hid a heart of gold. he punished us for our many mistakes by ordering us to clean the restrooms, and then, before calling us in for inspection, he would secretly smear large chunks of peanut butter on things. but boris appears to be in the minority, with only 17% of britons happy to go to wa

sir, efrether johnson has reported for duty. viable idea, general sir patrick sanders doesn’t think soand our future colleague boris johnson doesn’t think so either. i asked myself: am i ready to fight for king and country? of course, i would love to do it, i have the right training. between the ages of 16 and 18, i went through this, hour after hour, week after week, in what was called a combined cadet force. i was not a promising recruit at first, i failed the so-called imperial test, which was to safely clean, load and fire a .303 caliber rifle, because of me my platoon spent a very damp and cold night in the open air of salisbury plain, guarding what turned out to be the wrong flaxstock. my performance on the parade ground was chaotic, my shirt wouldn't button up, my boots came off and i was repeatedly subjected to horrific abuse by the regimental sergeant major, a man whose verbal cruelty probably hid a heart of gold, he punished us for... 17% of the british with would gladly go to fight but apparently boris is in the minority, only to go to war, if it happened, 14% say that they

the head of the british general staff, general patrick sanders, also made his contribution to the escalationlling on civilians. in the meantime, western countries are fighting with russia exclusively through the hands of soldiers of the puppet kiev regime, whose lives, it must be said, no one counts, especially no one cares about the conditions in which the armed forces of ukraine are at the front, and the conditions in the ukrainian trenches are inhumane, dirt, cold, unsanitary conditions and hordes of rats spreading hysteria, we’ll talk about this in the next some kind of vile infection, what kind of mysterious fever has been mowing down the plot recently. a rash appears on the skin, blood pressure drops, uncontrollable vomiting begins, and in especially severe cases, the kidneys also fail; these are symptoms of a disease that is now affecting the ukrainian armed forces militants on the front line. information about outbreaks of the disease penetrated the american media; cnn called the disease a “ fever”, since the infection is spread by mice and rats, which are in the ukrainian trenches n

general sir patrick sanders, what was his name? t was his name? general sir patrick have to, uh, in sanders, what was his name? general sir patrick have to, uh, in role jers, we may have to, uh, in role people like me and you potentially, join potentially, uh, to join the army years because the army in future years because the army in future years because the army is so small we had army is so small and we had a huge response, actually 62, by the saying, you must be the way, saying, you must be joking . joking. >> so but it's a ploy, isn't it? >> so but it's a ploy, isn't it? >> well, he's tried to show up. how poorly resourced the ministry the army is now. it's the lowest level. it's been 71,000. we haven't had that few soldiers since the crimean war, but we've seen it with the red sea attacks, the red sea strikes, haven't we? >> i mean, just quite how how how difficult it's been really been fly cyprus. been having to fly from cyprus. >> got two great. uh >> and we've got two great. uh aircraft carriers anchored in portsmouth , but

that's the warning from general patrick sanders, who general sir patrick sanders, who in speech todaye need for government to mobilise the nafion government to mobilise the nation of war, nation in the event of war, according to reports in the telegraph this morning, general sir patrick is also expected to critique british critique cuts to the british army, been reduced to army, which has been reduced to its smallest size in centuries . its smallest size in centuries. >> um, the woman known as britain's strictest headteacher , britain's strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsingh , has katharine birbalsingh, has revealed the shocking abuse she and her staff are receiving over and her staff are receiving over a decision to ban a prayer room at her school. the michaela school is currently facing a court challenge which alleges the no prayer policy introduced is discriminatory. she appeared with patrick christys last night i >> -- >> my staff had a attempted break in at her flat . one of my break in at her flat. one of my staff had a brick through her window. um, we had bottles thrown in

government, he definitely will not get it back; the head of the british general staff, general patrick sandersion to whipping up the general estheria by calling. in the meantime, western countries are at war with russia, exclusively through the hands of puppet soldiers the kiev regime, whose lives , it must be said, no one counts, no one cares about the conditions in which the dry soldiers are at the front, and the conditions in the ukrainian trenches are inhumane, dirt, cold, unsanitary conditions and hordes of rats and mice spreading some kind of vile infection , what kind of mysterious fever has recently been wiping out the dry ears, we’ll tell you about it in the next story: a rash appears on the skin, blood pressure drops, and uncontrollable vomiting begins. in especially severe cases, the kidneys also fail, these are symptoms a disease that is now affecting ukrainian armed forces fighters on the front line. information about outbreaks of the disease penetrated the american media; cnn called the disease mouse fever, since the infection is spread by mice and rats, of which there are now wh

the head of the british general staff general patrick sander. calling on the civilian population to prepare, however, one would like to hope that in the west, as sergei lavrov recently noted, there are still smart people who have not lost the instinct of self-preservation. in the meantime , western countries are fighting with russia exclusively through the hands of soldiers of the puppet kiev regime, whose lives, it must be said, no one counts. moreover, no one cares about the conditions in which the soldiers live at the front, and the conditions in the ukrainian trenches are inhumane, dirt, cold, unsanitary conditions and hordes of rats and mice spreading some kind of vile infection, what kind of mysterious fever has recently been wiping out the dry ears, we will talk about this in the following story: a rash appears on the skin, blood pressure drops to... uncontrollable vomiting, in especially severe cases the kidneys are also failing, these are symptoms of the disease that is now affecting the ukrainian armed forces militants on the front line. information about the outbreaks of the dise

the chief of the general staff, general patrick sanders , recently said that britain should prepare army of citizens. the strength of the british army during the three. in the following years, it should increase to 120,000, but even this number is not enough, that's how the general thinks. according to him, dobritannia needs such an army that can grow quickly, it is about the preparation of reserves, and how they reacted to such changes, the defense commentator, bbc correspondent jonathan beale told about it earlier on the bbc. general sanders' statements may sound alarming, but he is not the only one to warn of a possible conflict in europe. "we heard similar things from the head of the nato military committee, from the german defense minister, even the british defense minister says that we are moving from a post-war to a pre-war world. why do they say that? because of russia, because of what it is doing in ukraine. they believe that this is not the limit of putin's ambitions. what general sanders calls for is preparation for mass mobilization, for the creation of a citizen's army. this

general sir patrick sanders made his comments while highlighting the threat from russia.orrespondent jonathan beale is here with me. this sounds rather alarming? it may sound alarming but he is not the only person warning of a potential conflict in europe, we've heard similar from the potential conflict in europe, we've heard similarfrom the head of potential conflict in europe, we've heard similar from the head of the nato military committee, the german defence minister, even grant shapps saying we are moving from a post or to a prewar era and why are they saying this? because it russia and what it's doing in ukraine, and they do not think that is the limit of president putin's ambitions. specifically what general sanders is calling for is preparation for, in effect, mass mobilisation, the creation of a citizens' army. that does not mean people will get call—up papers or there is going to be people forced to join the military, but the preparations, he says, should be there. why estimate because the regular army has been cut to 73000 and even with extra reserves, he says

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are talking about the russian threat, some interesting comments this afternoon from general sir patrick sanders up and equip a "citizen army" a reservist force of tens of thousands in case britain is dragged into war with russia. he has publicly criticised the army's lack of funding and its inability to modernise. he said that within three years there should be a larger army of 120,000, that should include regular soldiers. where are we and the moments and was that necessary?— that necessary? given that the british military _ that necessary? given that the british military has _ that necessary? given that the british military has been - that necessary? given that the i british military has been depleted over the last four years, predominantly the army, i think this is sort of more of an pie in the eye —— pie—in—the—sky idea, because it takes years to train soldiers up to a certain level. he takes years to train soldiers up to a certain level.— takes years to train soldiers up to a certain level. he said there would be reuular a certain level. he said there would be regular soldiers, _ a certain

, has told sir patrick sanders, has told ministers they might need to mobilise the nation ininst russia. well, gb news has been out and about today to find out what the great british pubuc find out what the great british public about the idea of public think about the idea of conscription see if they'd conscription and see if they'd be to fight for king and country. >> if the country needs it. >> if the country needs it. >> and i think they kind of have to force conscription because i feel, especially nowadays, no one will really volunteer to go into war. so if the country into the war. so if the country really needs i mean, of really needs it, i mean, of course will look solution course we will look for solution first, if it's really first, but if it's really required that think it's quite required that i think it's quite justifiable. think yeah. justifiable. i think so, yeah. well doesn't well like hopefully it doesn't happen but has to then happen, but if it has to then it's what it is because some countries already have conscription for example, like singapore so i don't

so last week we had sir patrick sanders, the head of the army , sanders, the head of the army, saying simply are not enough , suggesting that are not enough, suggesting that we needed another 45,000 or so in terms of reserves or civilians and suggest that conscription might ultimately be necessary. now, number 10 were very quick to slap that down and said, no, absolutely not. that is not going to happen. but a senior nato official last week warning that people should prepare for all out war with russia with in 20 years, really some astonishing noise noises. now that we're hearing it will be unsettling. i think to a lot of people watching and listening to what's going on at the moment i >> -- >> and 5mm >> and what about russia's reaction to this news? because surely they would see this somewhat as a provocation. yes >> well, russia has said that any such move would be regarded as an escalation, not not surprisingly . so they are as an escalation, not not surprisingly. so they are making unhappy noises about this, as you would expect . but of course, you would expect. but of course, th

but there are also statements by the head of the army, this is britain’s general patrick sanders, which all the actions are britain. these schemes through germany and use this ukraine there at the first stage, and the poles there are starting some kind of movements there, increasing production of everything, but this is probably not just like that, so they ask lavrov yes, mm, yes, well let's yes, let us now suggest that we need to go to advertising, let us take a break now , return to this studio, in literally a few minutes we will immediately start with sergei viktorovich, who simply answers the question: in fact, what can all this lead to? let's be back in a few minutes. boss, new season. from monday at 20:00 on ntv. maria loves the sun very much, but life passes among ice floes. a sore throat is a minus. on the plus side, there is mirestin. miramestin - it’s logical to have one in your medicine cabinet. the choice of millions in russia. change images to suit any occasion mood, winter sale of clothes and beauty products on ozone, for different you, one magnet of cosmetics, soul hair s

general sir patrick sanders said britain should start training a citizen army which could be used tohe event of a conflict. the us supreme court has rejected calls to halt the execution of a death row prisoner in alabama. kenneth smith is due to become the first person in the us to be executed using nitrogen gas — a method the united nations has called cruel and inhuman. it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife in a hired killing. 0ur international correspondent tom bateman reports. a journey to the alabama jail where the first ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he's already dodged death once — his executioners botched an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. 0pponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama's governor to stop it — here led by smith's spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so i need some assurance that this is safe. so this right here is

that's the message from the head of the army, general sir patrick sanders , who has advised patrick sandersed the government to train and equip a citizen army of tens of thousands while it's understood that general sanders does not support conscription , he support conscription, he believes there needs to be a shift in mindset among the british public to become more mentally prepared for war. but can we really rely on the woke gen z brigade if putin invades? tonight, i'm asking, do you think that young brits would fight for this country? let me know your thoughts. email me gb views at gb news. com tweet me at gb news and make sure you vote in our poll as well. the results are coming your way very shortly to debate the fighting strength of gen z, i will be joined apprentice star joined by former apprentice star ryan—mark political ryan—mark parsons and political commentator ryan—mark parsons and political com before :or ryan—mark parsons and political com before we get to that, but before we get to that, i want to bring in defence and security expert and former british army officer lieutenan

. >> patrick sanders , >> general sir patrick sanders, who's very outspoken on the who's been very outspokenyears , has also spoken topic of dwindling troop numbers in hisyears , has also spoken topic of dwindling troop numbers in his belief has also spoken topic of dwindling troop numbers in his belief that also spoken topic of dwindling troop numbers in his belief that there ipoken about his belief that there needs to be a, quote, shift in the mindset public so the mindset of the public so that they're to defend that they're willing to defend the against enemies the uk against foreign enemies should they be mobilised. so is it consider it time to consider reintroducing conscription? >> well, that's the question. to debate this, we're joined by former sas trooper phil campion . former sas trooper phil campion. thank you phil, and former royal navy doctor aiken . navy officer doctor steve aiken. well, phil, i'll come to you first. conscription. good idea . first. conscription. good idea. if we face a threat . if we face a threat. >> um, not necessarily conscription. >> i don't think the pres

so course, general so we of course, we saw general sir sanders say that the sir patrick sanders say that day. now he's added to this, well, we this, saying, well, maybe we could national could have mandatory national service, which is quite different from the two scenarios. is, you think scenarios. one is, you think national of 18 year national service of the 18 year olds slovenly . we olds stop being so slovenly. we all go, fine. yeah. conscripting me into you're like, hang me into a war. you're like, hang on, a different thing. on, that's a different thing. >> were two >> there were always two answers, like answers, two, two. uh, like criteria, like benefits. i suppose , for national service suppose, for national service and the one for of my and the one for most of my lifetime has exactly what lifetime has been exactly what you layabouts get, you say. layabouts get, you know, shipshape know, brushed up and shipshape and shouted they learn and shouted at, and they learn to straight and set to sit up straight and set an alarm clock and on. but the alarm clock and so on. but the other on

this was on the back general sir patrick the back of general sir patrick sanders sanders, the head of making that speech saying , army, making that speech saying, we haven't got enough soldiers. that's right. the prime that's right. well, the prime minister listening that's right. well, the prime minister it listening that's right. well, the prime minister it did listening that's right. well, the prime minister it did cause listening that's right. well, the prime minister it did cause list uproar because it did cause an uproar yesterday. because it did cause an uproar yes he'sy. forced to quickly >> he's been forced to quickly officially rule out an army draft, and many of you took to social media to express your feelings on conscription. >> because we did poll on >> so because we did a poll on it yesterday, 62% again, let's have says, my have a look. charlotte says, my face at the suggestion, the people of the uk should prepare for conscription for a government who tries to remove our civil liberties at every opportunity sexualise our opportunity. we sexualise our children . blimey,

but general sir patrick sanders talking about bringing back conscription, the fact frankly, fact thatort of war. and we've got boris johnson over the weekend saying that he would sign up to serve king and country, do we need to do more to get people to step forward? there real forward? because there is a real risk to our freedom , frankly. risk to our freedom, frankly. >> um, well , just to place into >> um, well, just to place into context, general saunders, i think it was the mindset of preparing britain to be in a better space to recognise just how dangerous this new era of insecurity we've entered actually is. like i said , there actually is. like i said, there has been a complacency since the end of the cold war. we've slimmed down our army, our air force, our navy, and now we're putting more pressure on them to keep our nation safe. working with our allies . so it's right with our allies. so it's right that we take stock of where we are. we increase our defence posture because we have entered a sort of 1937 period. now where, uh, as i mentioned, you know, we're seeing new allian

we meanwhile, in other news, a top military chief general sir patrick sanders, has said that britainay have to have compulsory conscription and what he calls a citizen army . if what he calls a citizen army. if we wind up going to war with russia in the next ten years. but who would fight do you think someone that can't even work out what their pronouns are has got your back in the trenches? how many people would cite mental health as a way of getting out of it? would woke numpties, who spend every waking hour slagging off this country and its history , be inclined to take arms to protect it. and even if you are patriotic, what kind of country are you fighting for these days ? are you fighting for these days? leaky borders stifled political correctness, which is making life miserable. a flat lining economy, crime on the streets , economy, crime on the streets, paying economy, crime on the streets, paying through the nose for bafic paying through the nose for basic goods, crap. public services , precious little chance services, precious little chance of getting on the housing ladder or

and i wondered what you made of the comments that were made in the week by general sir patrick sandersld train ready train a citizen army ready to fight war on land in the fight a war on land in the future . um, would you fight if future. um, would you fight if asked what did you make of that statement ? statement? >> well, i when i was a minister, i actually went down to iraq for 36 hours and it was pretty much , uh, being there was pretty much, uh, being there was , was was quite an experience , i , was was quite an experience, i have to say. and something i will never, ever forget. uh, with the, with the troops. but just to be clear about this, there is no way that the united kingdom should ever consider conscription . conscription conscription. conscription hasn't worked. uh around the world. and it works just about in 3 or 4 countries. uh, israel, russia , uh, and, and north russia, uh, and, and north korea. so i don't think conscription is the answer. the answer is we need a better and bigger army. we had a better and bigger army. we had a better and bigger army. we had a better

. >> now, earlier this week, the chief of the british army, general sir patrick sanders , general sir our military is too small. but what what would war actually look like for the uk if it were to occur ? yeah. and is it were to occur? yeah. and is he is he was he making a genuine point or was he actually just sort of trying to say we need more funding for the army and sort of professor anthony glees, security and intelligence expert at the university of buckingham, who agrees with calls made earlier this week to prepare citizens for an outbreak of war. good to see you this morning . i good to see you this morning. i mean, is this a realistic thing to do, or is it, um, a bit of scaremongering in a way, to try to and try and get more funding ? to and try and get more funding? >> no, i don't think it's scaremongering at all. i think, um, what what's really important is for people to realise that it isn't scare mongering, it's predicated on a number of things happening, and it's worthwhile beanng happening, and it's worthwhile bearing in mind that some of those things might not happen. a

. >> the head of the british army, general sir patrick sanders, said need to and equip said we need to and equip a army tens a citizen army of tens of thousands. is how gen z thousands. this is how gen z responded. bear in mind that a recent report found around 35% of them think hamas are freedom fighters and close to 20% of them would back palestinians in a war over israel. >> so they still got ready for the battlefield. i didn't get to finish my bronzer, though, because started because i literally started getting what i was getting shot at like, what i was wearing for the day. i can't believe they gave us these cargos because they are cargos for free because they are so luckily, the french cargos for free because they are so on luckily, the french cargos for free because they are so on our

. >> we heard from general sir patrick was patrick sanders. of course, johnson as well. course, boris johnson as well. talking about conscription and how know, young brits should how you know, young brits should be ready to fight if they're ever for the draft . ever called up for the draft. now us , uh, now we have the us, uh, stationing nuclear warheads in suffolk. okay. there is precedent for that. they did do that up until 2008, but these are just conversations that we've not had in this country in my entire lifetime . and i just my entire lifetime. and i just turned 30. you spoke about what it was like when the cold war was happening and the concerns that lots of people have. this is just these aren't things that have been the mind have been within the mind capacity people recently. and capacity of people recently. and i think it's quite worrying that it's back. but as well, i think it's quite worrying that it's back. but as well , what it's back. but as well, what does give me comfort is that it does give me comfort is that it does seem t

now, the point about conscription, um, made by sir patrick sanders last week, he's basically saying the plea really to boost , recruit plea really to boost, recruit and boost recruitment and spending. and the government have said they'll get it up to 3% of gdp by by 2030. um, no. ten have also stressed that we're the second biggest, um, nato , no defence spender in nato nato, no defence spender in nato and the biggest in europe, but relative to what we have, army numbers are very low . so the numbers are very low. so the same applies to the navy. we haven't felt the need to and i was at, um, the defence secretary, grant shapps made a big speech a couple of weeks ago to defence chiefs and the comment that struck me more than anything was when he said, um , anything was when he said, um, we're leaving a post—war world. we're now in a pre—war world, which did sound ominous, ominous , doesn't it? >> because we have it's worth maybe it needed to be said. >> yes . so, as maybe it needed to be said. >> yes. so, as you say , nothing >> yes. so, as you say, nothing significant has changed. but a