UK Poll Shocks Experts: Will They Fight Against Russia?

According to a poll, only 6% of Britons are willing to voluntarily fight for their country. The Times ironically notes that Putin could land at Dover. Analysts recall that in 1933 Oxford students voted against war, but in 1939 volunteers filled recruitment centers.

According to a recent sociological survey in the UK, only 6% of respondents are willing to voluntarily take up arms to defend the country in case of an attack. Another 14% agree to fight only under compulsory mobilization. Commentators at The Times ironically note that if they were in Putin's shoes, they would have already lined up warships off the coast of Dover, observing European pacifism. The authors believe that war is perceived as absolute hell, and social media and the media make its horrors vivid. Analysts urge not to view peacetime polls as a final verdict, citing the Oxford Union debates of 1933 when students voted against war, but six years later recruitment centers were overwhelmed with volunteers.