22-04-2023, 09:50 AM
It's not a 'current government' thing - it's a long-vaulted replacement for air raid sirens and the old emergency interrupt system on broadcast television. Its simply to do the same job now that everyone has a mobile but not everyone watches television at once - ie inform residents of natural disasters, floods, nuclear bombs, big gas explosions, crazed gunmen on the loose. The conservatives haven't got a plan to keep you scared with alerts all the time.