Big Ben Bong.

Think it will cost £500,000! So if it’s 10 bongs that’s £50,000 a bong. Pointless waste, and yes, it could be much better spent.
What would you all spend half a million on..?

Yes, we will be celebrating with a very good bottle of sparkling wine from our local English vineyard.

I don’t need any clock bongs?to celebrate, had the bottle of Bolly for a while, but finally will be able to open and drink it on the evening of Jan 31st.???

What a ridiculous idea!

Eazy yes, we did think about the English version, but Bolly is Bolly ( and it was a present to us.)

How very sad, and what a waste of money. This country is divided enough over B as it is without this nonsense!

Everyone should be free to celebrate or ignore as they see fit but to ring BB won’t do anything to heal this already very divided country. Childish and unnecessary in the extreme.

Absolute waste considering the majority of the UK doesn't hear the clock. Of course is there going to be fireworks etc. and the whole performance televised.

Absolutely NO! Raise the money by all means but then give the money to a worthy cause like Cancer Research. Honestly, £500000 to hear a bloomin clock chime 10 times. Never heard of anything so ridiculous in my life.

Why should we celebrate this disaster?

If it’s not taxpayers money I don’t see the problem. For those who are anti Brexit remember there are many who are pro. The election proved it! Vote for me (Boris) and ‘Get Brexit Done’. Within stonking majority in Parliament I think that’s the proof of the pudding.

And where do we stop? What about those taxpayers not keen on the royals. Are they vociferous about gun salutes/Trooping of the Colour etc? That’s taxpayers money.

Sometimes we have to agree to disagree!

Absolute waste of money, when the country is on its knees. That money should not come out of money that should be spent on care of elderly and homeless, NHS, schools, etc. We have got to stop wasting money on frivolities. If ministers want it then let them pay for it out of their own overly inflated salaries.

I just despair of this country ! This epitomises how far removed Boris Johnson is from real life. There are homeless people dying on our streets, cancer patients fighting to get the drugs they need because of NHS cutbacks and he wants to spend half a million to hear a clock strike (which 99% of the UK won’t hear anyway) words fail me I am incensed by this obscenity ??

Urmstongran does have a point, but it won’t help “bring the country together” will it?
Things like this are just an additional annoyance for some.

Obviously if people want to pay this, I suppose it’s up to them, but it seems divisive to me.

Ridiculous idea and an obscene waste of money, whatever its source.

People who are happy about Brexit can have their own celebrations. It's a terrible waste of public money to have a public celebration of something which has created such an angry and bitter division in the country.

Only if it tolls to mourn the death of the future in favour of a mythical past.

The Last Leg just happens to be on that night , Adam realised that they come of air at 11pm UK time but it will be 12midnight Brussels time .

Why not your local church bells? .Big Ben is ok if you are living within the area where it can be heard.

If people wish to donate to this, it's up to them

Definite waste of money. If communities want to celebrate I'm sure church bells would be much cheaper!

Totally agree with you

Rubbing salt into the wound that is Brexit.
I despair for this country.

Awful waste of money, even if it is donated by the public especially it entrenches divisions over Brexit.
And please don’t get me started on the second draft of the 50p piece or the Blue Passports...grrr