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Michael Dansbury's avatar

I was told of an NHS colleague who was recently on a military course (RAMC) and found that in a room of 30 there were to be found:

- two Arabs (Iraqi!!!)

- a Pakistani

- a Sikh

- two sub-Saharan Africans

- five or six LGBQWERTYs

The foreigners had immigrated and after gaining LtR were able to join as you don't even need to be a British citizen to join the Armed Forces. Although this course was, as you'd expect, full of NHS staff my friend was amazed by the willingness to recruit foreigners even to supporting formations like the medics.

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Dan Shaw's avatar

Insightful article, thanks. I suspect the AWOL situation will be worse, as I cannot see anyone in the Ministry risking viral smartphone footage of white MPs rightfully arresting a brown AWOL soldier. Once foreign recruits realise they can go AWOL without fear of consequences, why put up with 4 years in the ranks? The Army will be full on paper but just as short as it is now.

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