‘Sinister’ permanent blackout set to cut 2.4 million Brits off from their loved ones

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A radio won’t help you communicate with the outside world, but a copper landline would have (Picture: Getty Images) The UK is preparing for a Black Sky event. This is a days or…

The UK is preparing for a Black Sky event. This is a days or weeks-long failure of Britain’s electric grid, and other critical infrastructure, triggered by an extreme weather event or a deliberate cyber attack.

This would plunge Britain into darkness, endangering our heating and water supply if it relies on electric pumps. There would be no internet, cash points could fail, shops would close, perishable food would go bad.

Trains would grind to a halt, traffic lights would go out, and the only reliable way to contact loved ones would be copper wire landline telephones.

Despite this, it’s just 79 days until the UK switches off all working copper wire landlines for good. So, if a Black Sky event hits the nation, all communications between your family and friends will cease.

People online were quick to point this out. ‘This is actually crazy because when you lose electricity, a landline will still work,’ wrote one on TikTok.

‘This is going to be a nightmare when people have power cuts,’ said another.

Others said it was ‘dangerous’, having experienced big power outages themselves. ‘I live rurally and after a storm in 2022 (I think it was Arwen) we had no power for five days, so no WiFi and no phone signal,’ they wrote.

‘If we didn’t have a landline we would have been completely cut off from everything.’

Others felt it was slightly more ‘sinister’. ‘This actually feels oddly unsettling,’ someone said. ‘This is so intentionally evil,’ added another.

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