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I thought Big Ben chimed every day? Most of it is still covered in scaffolding.
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22-12-2019, 05:49 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January

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The new Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has said '' The great bell in Parliament's Elizabeth Tower should be rung on Jan 31 if MPs "wish to do that", stating that the UK's formal departure from the EU on Jan 31 will be a "significant moment''

Bercow tried to block it but we will have our bell to mark our long awaited freedom from the EU
Not in my house - I cannot stand Big Ben or the Westminster Chime - gives me the shudders - have to switch it off!
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22-12-2019, 05:51 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January

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I thought Big Ben chimed every day? Most of it is still covered in scaffolding.
Not since 2017 Annie , is is being restored and will be back to full service in 2021.
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22-12-2019, 11:45 PM
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Onya BB!...Welcome back.
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24-12-2019, 12:28 AM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January

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Party time
Let's just hope big ben won't strike 13 times on january 31. 🕷
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24-12-2019, 06:31 AM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January

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Let's just hope big ben won't strike 13 times on january 31. 🕷

Well how ever many times it strikes our future will be what we make of it not what is thrust upon us......happy days
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24-12-2019, 11:29 AM
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Well how ever many times it strikes our future will be what we make of it not what is thrust upon us......happy days


Survive or fail is secondary. I am primarily concerned that we will be our own masters.

Some European countries seem quite happy to hand their sovereignty to an unelected dictatorship. Not us.
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24-12-2019, 12:40 PM
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I'm getting a big gammon joint for 11pm 31st January
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24-12-2019, 01:19 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January

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I'm getting a big gammon joint for 11pm 31st January
Is that why the remainiac snowflakes call us 'gammons'?
I've never been clear about the intended meaning of that epithet.
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24-12-2019, 02:34 PM
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Re: It's official, Big Ben will chime on 31st January

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Well how ever many times it strikes our future will be what we make of it not what is thrust upon us......happy days
Apparently you are not familiar with british folklore. If big ben strikes 13 times there is death imminent in the royal family.
 
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