28 days ago
‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 19 Sept 2026, 11:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners
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- The Guardian