# Five key jobs that could avoid conscription if Putin launches WW3

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/five-key-jobs-that-could-avoid-conscription-if-putin-launches-ww3/
- Published: 2026-11-06T13:54:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T14:40:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263831/jobs-avoid-conscription-ww3
- Topics: Business, Economy, World

## Key points

- The Government says it has no plans to reintroduce conscription.
- Essential workers could be exempt if conscription returned.
- Most people might support a war effort outside the Armed Forces.

## Summary

The article considers which civilian jobs might be exempt from conscription if the UK introduced it during a major war, pointing to bakers, farmers, doctors, nurses and engineers as essential workers. However, the Government says it has no plans to bring conscription back and is focused on a professional Armed Forces made up of volunteers.

War studies expert Joshua Bilton says that, in a future large-scale conflict, most people would more likely support the war effort through industry or civil defence than serve in the Armed Forces. He notes that in the world wars about 25% of men in a given age group joined the forces, often in support roles; the article also recalls UK conscription periods from 1916 to 1920 and 1939 to 1960.

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