People have been sharing their crazy conspiracy theories – our 23 favourites
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A cabal of Russian sleeper agents have wrangled themselves into the highest echelons of UK government and are dismantling it's institutions from within #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— BenJI #FBPE (@isherwood_ben) September 7, 2020
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Clive Dunn's 1971 number one hit single, Grandad, if played backwards contains clear Satanic references and prophecies about the end of the world 😐#StartCrazyConspiracyTheories pic.twitter.com/srjZbQk1g1
— Dave Morton (@DaveSMorton) September 7, 2020
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Fatburgs are not real. Blockages are intentionally formed to allow covert MI5 operatives to plant listening devices in every house's foul waste pipes. #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— DrGⓋ (@Dogs_Dad) September 7, 2020
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The ink used to produce The Daily Mail is hallucinogenic and from a giant squid. The effect is to make people believe the upmost nonsense
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) September 7, 2020
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David Icke was prevented from becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury by the intervention of Cliff Richard #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— PeaEnNell #3.5% #NHS #NotMovingOn (@northlondonpoly) September 7, 2020
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Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins are the same person. (Maybe this isn’t crazy enough, but it’s my first try.) #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— Peter Donaldson (@PDWriter) September 7, 2020
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"Shakespeare" was actually a time-travelling troupe of chimps with typewriters #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— Alan Goulding 3.5% (@gouldina) September 7, 2020
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Wind farms suck all the oxygen out of the air. #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— Jen 🐇😷 (@Jennyflower) September 7, 2020
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Pat Sharpe persuaded Thatcher to close Manchester and Salford docks because his "Funhouse tour" appearance in Warrington's "Golden square" was delayed at Northwich Road Swing Bridge by an oil tanker. #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— Bloody Desmond 🇮🇪🇨🇺🇻🇪 (@Worldchampsx2) September 7, 2020
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There is no ‘back’ to Argos stores. The staff there are trained to bend space and time in their induction week. #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories
— Alan Mackie (@Oldmanmackie) September 7, 2020
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When you think how many restaurants, takeaways and shops sell it. There really can't be enough chickens in the world to meet demand… So what is it? #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories pic.twitter.com/lxZsCwFpye
— Chris Williams (@ChrisDWilliams) September 7, 2020
In spite of having quite a lot of engagement, the hashtag didn’t make it to the trends list, leading Will to come up with yet another theory.
Twitter won't let the hashtag #StartCrazyConspiracyTheories trend because someone has said something bizarre but true and the cat's out of the bag
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) September 7, 2020
Now, guess which one it was.
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