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‘If you’re a top gamer or a coder, your country needs you’

That’s according to UK Defence Secretary John Healey, giving the iconic “Lord Kitchener Wants You” recruitment slogan (which inspired the Uncle Sam poster) a modern spin at yesterday’s Labour Party conference.

That said, both the UK and US armed forces aren’t strangers to using gaming prowess as a lure to entice younger folks to enlist.

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