PET(4) SAR 15

Petitions Committee

Consultation on petition P-04-432 Stop the Army Recruiting in Schools

Response from Hefin Jones

I would like to note a brief response for the consultation on the British Army’s presence in our schools.

It is disgraceful that the British Army propagandizes and indoctrinates children in our schools. It is a disgrace on the Welsh Government that the country is one of the few countries in the world that allows this to happen. I have heard that England and Scotland are the only other two countries throughout Europe where this happens.  

One in ten prisoners in Britain is a former member of the British Army.  That fact alone should be sufficient to prove that this is immoral. The recent show where they attempted to get 4000 North Wales school children to play with arms was an example of indoctrinating tactics of the worst kind.

Children do not have the armour or wit to be able to choose wisely. Can I ask why was Hitler Youth wrong and this is right? Is it because ‘we’ are on the righteous side? Are you sure about that? Of course, as a Labour Government, you have no problems with sending the children of Wales to fight for your London masters’ mendacious imperialistic conceit. Therefore, the children of Caernarfon can come home in ten years’ time from whichever country America targets next and go straight to the new prison which, if the plan is realised, will at least be close to their homes.

Hefin Jones