Army Recruits Poor Northerners
Army recruiters indeed focus their efforts on C2DE youths in northern cities:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/09/british-army-is-targeting-working-class-young-people-report-shows
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/british-army-targets-young-working-class-recruitment-military-marketing-drive-campaign-uk-a7833086.html
https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/11324/reports-find-british-military-targeting-working-class-recruits-and-creating-violent#
I suppose their strategy makes sense, though; would Cambridge economics graduates want to be shot at when they can earn million pound bonuses in the City of London?
The Samaritans' report on class and suicide can be accessed here:
http://www.samaritans.org/sites/default/files/kcfinder/files/Socioeconomic%20disadvantage%20and%20suicidal%20behaviour%20-%20full%20report.pdf
It shows beyond question that the groups most susceptible to suicide are defined by low socio-economic status (in fact, older working class men are the group most likely to kill themselves - doctors are outliers).
John F Keane
Wed 12th Jul 2017 00:02
TBH, this issue just came up at our monthly meeting yesterday. I have no strong feelings one way or the other.
I can certainly see a case for a military career - in America, especially, people are well-educated by the Army and have often had their college fees paid by it. They bewail the Nam but I never see them bewailing the free college funding they got afterwards.