Bung a Bob for a Big Ben Bong

[Wiltinglillies]

I mean what the actual Fuck?

Apparently it'll cost half a million pounds to get Big Ben to ring to mark Brexit.

Is ANYONE planning to donate their hard earned cash in support of this ridiculous venture?

It's a 'wheeze' dreamed up by dear Boris

What they need to do is invent a fake Facebook profile for Big Ben (maybe rename him Little Ben) and post about not being able to pay the electricity bills or feed the kids. The money will pour in.

In all seriousness, no way.

Why not ? We've pissed enough money on Brexit already. A few more million won't be missed.

Did I read that the UK has spent more on Brexit since 2016 than it's paid into the EEC/EC/EU in the past 47 years ?

And we still have people sleeping rough.

Fuck me sideways.

Did I read that the UK has spent more on Brexit since 2016 than it's paid into the EEC/EC/EU in the past 47 years?

Oh well, thank goodness for the 359m a week for the NHS.

Oops £350m. Wouldn't want to be inaccurate with figures.

Does it cost half a million pounds everytime big ben is rung? Did we spend that at new year?

"Did we spend that at new year?"

Yes

Why the hell does it cost 1/2 a mil to ring Big Ben?

And at Remembrance Day

Every time they suspend the repair world for it to chime, there's extra cost. New Year and Remembrance are planned into the works. Shorter notice for thus one, but I expect they'll cope

Ridiculous! Why would i pay to celebrate something i don't want?

We spend half a million quid every New Year so that Big Ben can bong???

Fuck me. Think what half a million quid could do. How many homeless people it could help, or how many food banks it could supply, etc etc. Fucking hell.

And he had the nerve to talk of money being spaffed up the wall. He should pay it out of his own money if he wants it.

At least they’re not going to pay for it out of the budget, that would have been unacceptable.

Well i say down with Ben then... bloody waist of money

The referendum didn't ask if we wanted half a million spent on Big Ben

Why are people lying about the reason it'd cost so much?

They'd need to use a temporary bell while the proper bell is being renovated.

We don't spend half a million pound each time it rings ffs.

Fuck me. Think what half a million quid could do. How many homeless people it could help, or how many food banks it could supply, etc etc. Fucking hell.

I don't think you appreciate how life changing blue passports made in Poland are for the UK. All this handwringing about a few homeless people (who are probably being sponsored anyway) is just some sort of pinko plot to detract from the divine miracle this is Brexit. Truly it is like Moses leading his people out of EUgyt.

We spend half a million quid every New Year so that Big Ben can bong???

No.

The clapper is being refurbished and the cost of it will be half a million or whatever.

Not ashamed to say that I would seriously judge anyone who donated to this farce

“We spend half a million quid every New Year so that Big Ben can bong???”

No. Only since the renovations started on the tower. Normally the clock routinely strikes every hour but it’s been out of action since the renovation. This is the cost of getting it up and running again at short notice. For one strike. It’s idiocy.

The sooner we have a Committee for Brexit that can police social media and bring any naysayers to account the better. Otherwise there is a real danger that some people will not take it seriously.

@SerendipityJane

Nick Ferrari (!) has offered to start a crowdfunder for this.
www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/crowd-fund-cash-big-ben-bong-brexit-day/

Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up - glad to hear that we don't spaff £500k every new year on unnecessary bonging

Nick Ferrari (!) has offered to start a crowdfunder for this.

If only there was a way to pledge negative money.

Oh, there is - just promise to pay in a years time.