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Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden explains why the Government will be sending an alert to all mobile phone users today.

GB News’ Paul Hawkins explains what can be expected.

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  1. @loosiphher1222

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I'm always suspicious of nonsensical things like this. So, I turned mine off and removed the sim and battery. I turne it on 3 days later. I alerted someone who lives nearby that I'd turned it back and they rang me. No sooner had I said "HELLO" then the phone turned OFF. Is this the governments way of saying "SC*EW YOU FOR TURNING YOUR PHONE OFF"? After all, some people said that they'd heard that if you REFUSE the alert that phones will not work. So, I;m left wondering. After all, I am now having a succession of problems since then.

    Three days ago ALL my contacts vanished and had to be PAINSTAKINGLY input again. Then the ring tones ALL vanished and they TOO had to be installed again from SD card. Then the ring tone I had ASSIGNED to someone (so I know who it is purely by the ring) had gone to default ring tone. I feel it HAS to be the government. After all, this NEVER happened before.

    If it continues I'll simply smash the da*n thing. After all, I am NOT a phone zombie – unlike most who are like 5-year-olds walking round with them constantly up to their ears or held out in front of them. It's time that this was seen as an illness and recognised as a form of OCD where most people are totally OBSESSED with these horrible things.

    I don't even need it and I'm waiting with my hammer and if anymore faults occur, my hammer will have some fun with the phone. I HATE the things and I DO NOT trust this government!

  2. @googlecontrolled

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Check your settings for this. You can't turn most things off or uninstall. It has the ability to read your sms messages and know what number you are connected to if it goes off during a call. We are sleepwalking into state monitoring. My tablet with no sim and wifi only now shows reception at all times. State is getting too nosy..

  3. @mygreatbigfoot1679

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Prep for ww3.😢

  4. @paulspelly7337

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Weather warning my arse its for when putin decides to press the big red button

  5. @frankknight7968

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    No thanks. I've got to 63 just fine despite having taken a lot of risks. Common sense is all you need.

  6. @apollo2276

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Phone was switched off purposely. When turned back on, There was a text message. It got deleted immediately without reading. How does that work when alerts were set to off in the first place??

    Government stay the F out of my life !

  7. @Bret121

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

  8. @charliegrant6327

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Don’t mention NUCLEAR then!

  9. @lisa-bh3ku

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Not had an alert

  10. @jasonbel3598

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    We get a warning about life threatening events ?

    Severe weather
    Floods ??
    More Like a war coming

  11. @wowwowwow1795

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Anyone else thought Italys warning sound was gonna drop

  12. @markhaward8753

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Me and my wife never got the alert 🤣

  13. @MrSuperman1969

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I live in Glasgow, we don’t get floods, earthquakes. Forest fires ect. This is the government’s or the people behind the government excuse for controlling the masses or even just letting you know they have access to your phone

  14. @steveconn1375

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Glad i turned the stupid thing off

  15. @rb5325

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    ALERT .. ALERT .. there is a Tory MP within one mile of you. Run!!.

  16. @jeremyhorne6244

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    No alarm went off on both my phones (work and personal). The government can get stuffed.

  17. @maivelx

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I just turned my phone off- 😶

  18. @u123881

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    throw out your $ell phones or they will kill you

  19. @JohnDoe-rn6pz

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    It’s there to keep us all safe when was anything they do there to keep us safe, just more BS bullshit

  20. @Protxct

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I didn’t get a siren

  21. @ninawray6483

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    to "all" didnt happen

  22. @sonicsupersam7793

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    My sound didn’t go off, and my friends didn’t even get it.

  23. @roseela1191

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I though you guys use privacy… If there is solar flare in future your phone will useless lol

  24. @Active.mk27

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    They say it goes to every phone, i have an iphone and a nokia and i had two on the nokia and not having any on the iphone

  25. @Mirzabeigistocool

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I swear they know something we dont😊

  26. @glyn2370

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I turned my mobile off so didn't get the annoying alert. Then switched it all off altogether when I turned it back on.

  27. @metube9541

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Just here for the comments, they didn’t fail to make me laugh.

  28. @12fishcake

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Italy's emergency alert sound low-key slaps lol 1:20
    If that went off everyone will just start busting moves 😂

  29. @billfaint6736

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    An alert system that ONLY notifies Smart phones, and then ONLY if they're switched on is NOT FIT FOR PUR[POSE!!!!!!!!

  30. @jamesdunn922

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    I only see 1 tool.

  31. @greatamadi

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Well nothing on mine

  32. @jonjohnson2844

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    There was a 4 minute delay between my personal phone (Apple) and my work phone (Samsung) getting the alert…a long time in an actual emergency, though as the UK doesn't get natural disasters I suspect if it ever has to be used it's game over anyway!

  33. @billyboy3415

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    the video link i post many times over worked everbody , Gewtube may have cencored what i wrote on my other profile but just to confirm it worked …NO ALERTS HERE

  34. @satansbunny3383

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    There has to be something else behind this alarming idea. Normally security bodies don't want to cause panic..as that in itself kills. So what are the powers that be are expecting…an invasion..and what are we meant to do about it if there is. Probably a test in disguise to check up on where certain people are…and no anarchists have demonstrated..huh.

  35. @james2479

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Just shows how much control they have. No one signed up for this. No one gave them permission but they do it anyway. The real criminals

  36. @Terzosgloves

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Never knew about this and it scared the shit out of me

  37. @billyboy3415

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    No alert here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  38. @joannejamison4549

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    perhapes it could assist the police in missing persons cases.

  39. @kyronarcher

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    It also says in the small print if there wrong there not liable..

  40. @callum5088

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Since when did the Government care about the British public??

  41. @Bill-lt5qf

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    got nothing on my dumb phone.

  42. @spike178

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Turned my mobile off so won't hear any stupid corrupt government alert..
    Also turned off alerts in the settings.

  43. @Wynn1001

    December 21, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Just imagine if the government of the UK decided to send us an alert because Russia had launched nuclear weapons against us and we had no shelters (which we don't) the absolute panic that would probably set in ?
    I can't answer for anyone else but I'd rather be right under any nuclear weapons that might come my way.

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