Time to 'think the unthinkable' and consider UK conscription, says Britain's former top NATO commander.

From the article:

It's time to "think the unthinkable" and consider introducing conscription to ready the country for a potential land war, Britain's former top NATO commander has said.

General Sir Richard Sherriff, ex-deputy supreme allied commander of the military organisation, warned that the UK defence budget is not big enough to expand the armed forces alone.

He told Sky News: "Conscription to most professional soldiers, and I count myself as one, is absolute anathema.

"Britain's armed forces have traditionally and culturally relied on long service volunteer highly professional soldiers with huge experience - and that is really the way we would all want it to go on."

However, given the current global situation and defence funding cuts since the end of the Cold War, he said: "I think we need to get over many of the cultural hang-ups and assumptions, and frankly think the unthinkable."

"I think we need to go further and look carefully at conscription," he said.

What are everyone thoughts on this?