D-Day Veteran celebrates Sunak's plan for 'national service': 'you go in a boy, you come out a man'

D-Day Veteran, Les Underwood, shares his inspiring survival story from D-Day, and advocates for national service.
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[@paulmuaddib3470]

Not a word about the rally of many thousands of Patriotic men and women that walked in London yesterday 🤷🏼‍♂️🇬🇧

[@louminarty]

Nobody cares what a bunch of drunk, bald racists are doing on a Saturday afternoon 😂

[@andrewsmith78926]

protest of thousands in london isn't really a news story is it? happens all the time. And this was to promote Stephens new film

[@Gary-le7dz]

Thousands 😂😂 ….. did you count everyone 6 times

[@robertcreighton4635]

Far right you mean. Get it right

[@unusedsub3003]

A load of lagered up plebs shouting “In-gerrr-lund” 🤤

[@Jen-lg4hp]

What a lovely decent man! Thank you, Mr. Underwood, for all you and those other men like you did for this country and God bless you!

[@michaelcoward1902]

Yeah nothing says lovely like wanting to feed kids into a destructive, brainwashing machine.

[@CnCs680]

Thank you for service Les.

[@michaelcoward1902]

Someone watches way too much yanky TV....

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

You go in a boy, you come out and live on the street with PTSD.

[@stequality]

That's if you come back

[@JelMain]

Induced in training. On the plus side, we have recently discovered how to drain the reflex response. Not that the charities are interested, it cuts their income.

[@TW17708]

Have you been in there John? Have you?

[@JelMain]

@@TW17708 Yes. Next

[@Lifelungsandlaughter]

Why would anyone want to fight for today's Britain? Kids of 18 today have been very little by this country. They have missed the best part of their schooling because of COVID protocols put out by men who broke them, they can't afford to rent their own house, let alone buy a house and they can't get basic health care despite paying through the nose in taxes! I wouldn't want to risk my life for Tory Britain.

[@T5Zplayer]

Buggeroff somewhere else then. Somewhere your disinformation garbage will be believed

[@saltnessmonster]

It’s Blair’s Britain, conservatives don’t exist for years

[@El.Cid17]

What a shame, life might be difficult, it's never been like that before.

[@stequality]

​@@T5Zplayerwe would rather you buggered off

[@stequality]

@@kolsando you would willingly send the young to die so you can keep sipping your coffee, they should tell you to shove it

[@jblonde1407]

GB news block most of my comments.

[@Steve-eq8iz]

Notice how the vast majority of the supporters for this policy all look like they're about three minutes away from the grave?

[@jblonde1407]

Freedom of speech GBNews??

[@r200ti]

They are part of the uniparty. Articles like this trying to kid us into signing our sons up so they can be thrown against Russia is proof.

[@michaelcoward1902]

GBNews is the most anti-free-speech channel in Britain...they HATE people using freedom of speech and will always wail and scream and point their fingers about it.

[@grandmiserthe3rd434]

When England was England

[@michaelcoward1902]

you mean when England had a world spanning multicultural empire whose diverse peoples came here freely? Or are you thick enough to think that it was a whites only paradise back then?

[@lyndoncmp5751]

What is it now then? Martian?

[@Evemeister12]

The tories will always find one idiot to cheerlead them

[@davidmorgan2077]

Some went in as boys and didn't come back.

[@soton5teve]

Regulars, TA, now add Volunteer wing. or forget about it, because it ain't going to happen any other way.

[@bri_____]

His generation still had a country to defend!

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Still is one of the greatest countries in the world. I love it.

[@craphead9842]

A real veteran would tell RS and KS to shove it after seeing 000s of veterans living on the streets... I can only assume that this guy is well off and dos caras... Tony cuenca

[@craphead9842]

Probably was shitting himself before he landed on the beach I know I would... War is EVIL and the working classes always lose or die in battle... Endof... Tony cuenca

[@T5Zplayer]

You lie and insult us veterans

[@TheeWolfiee1]

⁠@@T5Zplayerno…. No they’re not, many veterans here put their lives and limbs on the lines only to leave the army and have no help with a job, home or mental health. But yeah go put ya life on the line for uncle Sunak! I’m sure he doesn’t appreciate your sacrifice….

[@Gary-le7dz]

Sunaks the govt

[@T5Zplayer]

@@TheeWolfiee1 I am a veteran,NI, Falklands and other skirmishes. You are using veterans to play some stupid game. Grow up.

[@saltnessmonster]

Todays army you go into it as a boy you come out in the Grave while bankers prosper

[@stequality]

Cant disagree

[@stequality]

@@El.Cid17 get yourself signed up then tough guy, become a man

[@stequality]

@@El.Cid17 I'd only protect family and friends, not you

[@stequality]

@@El.Cid17 we have plenty of enemies here, why ain't you defending, or you hiding behind a rock as you say ?

[@stequality]

@@El.Cid17 front line of youtube talking about brexit benifits doesn't count

[@Britain4775]

Britain’s record legal migration numbers. Now soaring housing prices, young people face unaffordable housing, student debts, high taxes... Who will fight for a country that does not Help its own citizens. Put the Rishi and Tories on the front line.

[@craphead9842]

1.2m arrived in 2023.. Less than 100,000 new houses built I bet... Tony cuenca

[@jamesevans1890]

But the boys from the 1940s were all from one British culture and people, but now one third and more are from a global population and in time 90% will be - will they fight for a piece of land they have no historical or cultural ties to.

[@phil.s2245]

Go in a boy, probably don't get back.

[@richardgallagher4880]

Go in a b0y, come out a trans.

[@richardgallagher4880]

Go in a bóy, come out a trans.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@kolsando Free? They're supporting the indianoccupation forces

[@michaeljones1445]

The difference is in 2024, you go in a boy,you come out a them.

[@susanwright1999]

His lads on the front line !!!

[@Gary-le7dz]

Great guy ….. but anyone under the age of 82 has not done national service , ps elitist sunak will lose so it’s never gonna happen

[@sirbasilflapjack671]

That's what my first girlfriend said to me.

[@san.quentinm669]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wundurra24]

First and last?

[@JamesSmith-qy3eu]

@@wundurra24 You've never had a girlfriend, you've always had that blow-up doll.

[@wundurra24]

@@JamesSmith-qy3eu Your mum thinks I'm a master swordsman.

[@nathanedwards8094]

The conservatives need to do a u turn on national service. If they want to get young voters to vote for them. National service is not needed.

[@LM-2005]

No thanks, I choose life

[@timg1246]

Everybody is a boy when they turn 18. By 20 you had better have grown up a bit. National service has nothing to do with it.

[@timg1246]

​@@kolsandoA 16 year old can be a man ? But he can't be a soldier. Thank you for making my point. Respect is earned, by the way.

[@timg1246]

​@@kolsandoDis-respecting someone for having a different opinion than you is just foolish. Perhaps if you had done national service you would have learnt to respect people more.

[@organisedatoms]

@@kolsando Do you have the ability to see different perspectives? The younger generation don’t feel like this country is worth fighting for. Why is that so hard for you to comprehend? I truly feel sorry for them. At least the generations before them had the possibility of happiness and building a better future for themselves, now the country is no longer set up for them to prosper. Their destiny is to become slaves to debt and to prop up the pension system. Maybe public service would be a good thing, but if it happened you’d have a lot of angry young men and women who would then become more organised and politically motivated, and at that point I certainly wouldn’t want to be in the boomers shoes. It’s like a turkey voting for Christmas.

[@organisedatoms]

@@kolsando And there you go proving my point. You’re making huge generalisations because you get all of your information from selected news sources and you don’t have the critical thinking skills to understand that the media creates division by peddling disinformation and sowing discord. Not all the younger generation are the same, just as the elder generations before them had different groups of people, especially from different socioeconomic backgrounds with different political beliefs and ideologies. Again, perspective is important, and it doesn’t hurt to try and understand the environment people have grown up in and what’s shaped their views, morals and virtues, opinions and ideologies. I’m also of the opinion that the boomer generation is deeply traumatised due to living through Cold War, and having parents raise them who were war veterans and were themselves suffering from PTSD. I think anyone over the age of 65 should have a cognitive faculties test to make sure they’re cognisant enough to be able to vote.

[@organisedatoms]

@@kolsando You don’t like it do you. Just wanted to give you a taste of your own medicine. But it’s telling that you couldn’t see the point I was making, and I find that concerning. Thankfully the divide between the generations isn’t as big as the media and politicians would like us to believe, and many of the older generation feel sympathy for the young and not all of the young hate the older generation. You’re just on of those individuals who enjoy the division and hatred and get your nourishment from the drama. Pull yourself away from the rags, and media that’s specifically designed to get clicks and actually speak to the younger generation and try to understand what’s going on. Ah, who am I kidding. You’re most like just built that way. “Maybe if you didn’t spend your money on Netflix and avocados you could afford to buy a house” I roll my eyes when I hear such phrases. It truly shows how economically illiterate and out of touch some people are. What are you going to do when the demographics shift to the point that the country is nearly unrecognisable? Who will you want fighting in your corner and country? Because you’ll be too old yourself to do anything about it. Like I said; Turkeys voting for Christmas.

[@songscoops4205]

If you're lucky

[@glennoc8585]

My dad was one of the last national service men and had mixed feelings about it. He loved the initially training and he got paid but felt that he was thrown into a dangerous situation in Cyprus as fodder in a political game nothing to do with him or Britain. He was also disappointed that on discharge he found his apprenticeship couldn't recommence at the good firm he had been apprenticed to. The other option of national service which isn't military is basically forced volunteering and if no pay if offered for work done or military service then it's forced volunteering. It's very offensive to call an 18yr old a bit when some have been working part time or already in apprenticeships and classed as an an adult for voting and some may even be married or a parent. At 18 I'd been working since I was 15 part time, had my car license, travelled the other side of the world and been involved in sports for years. Looking back I was quite grown up and independent hardly a boy. This man's view is not wrong but you can't paint everyone with the same brush

[@davfree9732]

Just be reading comments in this VOD, I suspect there may be a stigma attached to national service. The good news is that it's only for 1 year and that will involve training primarily. New recruits don't get sent to front lines. At the core however is the notion that young adults will learn discipline. Those who fail will be turfed out, but those that succeed will have accomplished sticking out a full year in a setting that is highly demanding. That alone would be a source of pride when compared to the washouts.... And Jordan Peterson himself has noted, men and boys are going to his lectures to hear a stranger talk about how they can make something of their lives because they've never been told or allowed to feel that they've accomplished anything... I think there is a great deal of fear going into 1 year of army training on the part of the general public, and I'd rather not pass fear onto the younger generation. I'd rather pass on 'you can do it if you work hard'.

[@jonrotten31]

About time we realised ww2 was a massive mistake. Should have stayed out of it

[@richardgallagher4880]

They've just taken bllfast you evilnatzy

[@richardgallagher4880]

They've just taken n ire you potato.

[@andrewsmith78926]

😂😂😂

[@T5Zplayer]

Dimmest comment so far

[@jonrotten31]

@@T5Zplayer so what did we gain? Lost the empire, gained ridiculous amounts of debt, lost half a million men. For what? To defend Poland, who ended up occupied by the USSR. Who's dim?

[@JamesSmith-qy3eu]

You go in as a boy, and come out in a body bag.

[@bobbymozza]

What's the chance that they would expand it to people who are below retirement age. Lost your jobs because the country is a mess, then you have to do your mandatory voluntary unpaid national service, for the woke king and the greater good.

[@loppsy3891]

Respect and love to Les. But no kids these days are gonna be told what to do to that extent. Where are the Trans gonna go. Good luck with that.

[@michaelcoward1902]

people said the same thing about gay people and women...and were proved utterly wrong on both counts.

[@michaelcoward1902]

Every time I see this Tufton Street mouthpiece on screen I know the propaganda is about to get next level disgusting...yup...not dissapointed.

[@xinma6034]

E DAY IS COMING

[@hanusiaschostak5100]

How many don’t come out? It’s not for everyone

[@CarlosGambino_22]

Les is so out of touch poor Les still is stuck in the 40s..

[@martynblackburn9632]

OK Boomer.

[@prideofdurham4776]

You go in a boy and come out a LGBT woke.

[@VTh-f5x]

Go in a boy come back man. Looks like old grandpa popped his cherry over there. 😂😂😂

[@hussainnabi1232]

Does this guy really think its how service used to be no chance its volenteering do u think the young are going to volenteer for it ur off ur trolly if u think they will also once a month voleteering for community service like cleaning its absurd to think todays young will say yes il av some of that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davepowell6740]

then you come out as a wokester these days

[@richardgallagher4880]

Go on, co lab er ate. I dare ya.

[@nickroberts990]

He's no Harry Patch is he? Seems a bit unpleasant.

[@American.Patriot.]

If it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking German right now.

[@richardgallagher4880]

You're literally arrming them as they take belllfassttt you pl3b.

[@timg1246]

​@richardgallagher4880 Wait what. Germany have invaded Belfast ? You would have thought somebody would mention it on the news.

[@robertcreighton4635]

😂😂😂 you don't understand the British reluctance to learn foreign. We'd just be walking around shouting and pointing at things in English

[@pessi6185]

😂😂😂 You mean the Soviet Union?

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

If it wasn’t for us your country wouldn’t have ever been founded 🤣