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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Maddox

HISTORICAL FACTS: The beatles would not have existed if fab four had been forced to do national service - Caught on Camera

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak’s controversial plan to reintroduce National Service for school leavers has hit more criticisms after it was revealed it was out of tune with some of Britain’s greatest cultural successes, Labour has claimed.

It has emerged that both The Beatles and Rolling Stones, who transformed music around the world in the 1960s, probably would never have started up if Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Mick Jagger and others had been forced to National Service.

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