A Labour MP and ex-Royal Marine has urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reintroduce Nati… — @gbnews

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@gbnews's TikTok video "A Labour MP and ex-Royal Marine has urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reintroduce National Service, modelling it on Finland's conscription system to address escalating Russian threats. Alex Ballinger, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on the Armed Forces, made the appeal at a reception hosted at the Finnish ambassador's residence. "There's a national service setup in Finland, which I think, personally, I would love to have National Service in the UK," Mr Ballinger told attendees. #nationalservice #army #labour #gbnews" has 40,469 views, 1,585 likes, 169 comments, 43 shares in the public metrics captured by this index. That is an engagement rate of 4.44% (likes, comments and shares over views). It was posted 2 days ago and runs 3 minutes 44 seconds. It has been saved 124 times.

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The capture indexed here reports 40,469 views, 1,585 likes and 169 comments.

Who posted this TikTok video?

It was posted by @gbnews, who is linked from this page.

What is this TikTok video's engagement rate?

Across the captured metrics the engagement rate is 4.44% (likes + comments + shares over views).

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It was posted on 2026-10-23, 2 days ago.

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The capture links 3 hashtags, starting with #army.

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The captured clip runs 3 minutes 44 seconds.