SIR – I am not old enough to remember 1937, with which the present moment has been compared, but I can remember the aftermath of the Second World War. People who had fought – as well as those who, for sound reasons, had stayed at home – all expressed dismay over how unprepared Britain had been, despite the warnings from some politicians and the military. Rishi Sunak’s comments about the British military being a “voluntary force” (“PM forced to rule out Army draft as Russian threat rises”, report
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