Gen Z doesn‘t relish going to war – so what! You should worry more about the reckless generations that do | Jason Okundaye

The right has found a new way to denigrate young people, but it is fatuous to assume that Britons of any age would not protect what is dear to them

Young people won’t go to war for Britain. So claimed numerous headlines last week, responding to findings in the British Social Attitudes survey. Except that the phrasing of the question was whether respondents placed importance on “the willingness to serve [in the military] in a time of need”, perhaps forgivably low for people thinking about things of more immediate importance to them such as getting on the housing ladder, getting a pay rise or finding employment at all.