An RAF veteran has told GB News how all young people should do full National Service for… — @gbnews

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@gbnews's TikTok video "An RAF veteran has told GB News how all young people should do full National Service for two years to teach them "self-respect and get them off the streets." It comes after Labour MP and ex-Royal Marine Alex Ballinger Andy Burnham to reintroduce National Service, modelling it on Finland's conscription system to address escalating Russian threats. Speaking to Patrick Christys, the veteran - who was part of the GB News studio audience - said: "We went off to the war. We were led to believe perhaps we wouldn't be coming back. But we accepted it because we wore the uniform. I think kids need to get the uniform, learn some self-respect and get them off the streets." He added: "We need to teach them all this discipline." #NationalService #Military #Veteran #PatrickChristys #GBNews" has 169,885 views, 8,418 likes, 654 comments, 89 shares in the public metrics captured by this index. That is an engagement rate of 5.39% (likes, comments and shares over views). It was posted 3 days ago and runs 39 seconds. It has been saved 370 times.

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The capture indexed here reports 169,885 views, 8,418 likes and 654 comments.

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Across the captured metrics the engagement rate is 5.39% (likes + comments + shares over views).

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It was posted on 2026-10-24, 3 days ago.

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The captured clip runs 39 seconds.