Just get it done!’House of Commons officials claimed it would cost £500,000 to temporarily bring back the bell for one eveningFormer party leader Iain Duncan Smith condemned the House of Commons Commission and urged Mr Johnson to stop ‘sitting on the fence’. The Big Ben must bong for Brexit campaign.’Last night another Commons source said No10 could have pushed the issue by forcing a vote in Parliament.Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, who is chairman of the commission, set himself firmly against the idea saying the cost would be ‘£50,000 a bong’ – and argued only people who live in Westminster would get to hear the bell.‘Somehow they managed to find time to clang the bell to welcome in the New Year which is of far less significance. They must rethink this and allow that bell to ring.’On Tuesday Mr Johnson said he could not justify using taxpayers’ money to restore the bell for one night and suggested the public could ‘bung a bob for a Big Ben Bong’.‘On the eve of the single biggest change that Britain will undergo – arguably since the end of the Second World War – the House of Commons Commission, it appears, is determined to leave Big Ben mute.The extraordinary cost is made up of £120,000 to reinstall and test the temporary ‘bonging’ mechanism. "The response from the British people has been fantastic and we are deeply grateful to everyone who donated. Parliament had already refused to fund the work required for it to happen.The StandUp4Brexit group says the £272,000 raised will instead go to veterans' charity Help for Heroes.Face coverings will also be compulsory in more indoor settings, such as cinemas, from 8 August.These are external links and will open in a new windowBig Ben's chimes were silenced on 21 August 2017 to allow essential restoration work, lasting four years, to be carried out on the tower.They say efforts to persuade House of Commons authorities to accept the donation have been "unsuccessful".The total cost of the restoration project to the tower is estimated at £61m. "The group said it had made "plain from the outset" that if the effort was unsuccessful, "any remaining funds" would be donated to the charity which helps wounded ex-soldiers.The online appeal was set up after the prime minister suggested in a BBC interview that the government was "working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong" at 23:00 GMT on 31 January. The Big Ben must bong for Brexit campaign.’ Former party leader Iain Duncan Smith condemned the House of Commons Commission and urged Mr Johnson to … Campaigners have officially ended a crowdfunding appeal which was raising money to make Big Ben's bell ring to mark Brexit day. But that it should be silenced now verges on the absurd.Conservative MP Mark Francois is angry Big Ben will not bong on Brexit day. That would overrule the commission.’Senior government sources blamed ‘intransigence’ by the House of Commons authorities who have raised a string of objections – and claimed the cost of bringing the bell out of mothballs could be £500,000.More than 9,000 people have donated cash, including Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom who handed over £10.
‘I think the PM’s focus is on the events which he and the Government are planning to mark January 31.’‘I find it unbelievable that this wasn’t arranged ahead of time and at reasonable expense just like it has been with every other significant event. "Every cloud has a silver lining and in this case it is that our military veterans that have been wounded in the service of their country will now receive a very substantial donation, thanks to your generosity," it added.StandUp4Brexit said it had received "14,280 donations from 56 countries in under a fortnight.Campaigners have officially ended a crowdfunding appeal which was raising money to make Big Ben's bell ring to mark Brexit day.Parliamentary authorities said stopping the chimes would protect workers carrying out the repairs.According to Parliament, the last time significant work was carried out was in 1983-85 - that project involved cleaning and repair of the stone, painting and repairs to the roof. She wrote on Twitter: ‘I admit I’ve donated a tenner. They also said the Brexit bongs would delay renovations by up to four weeks at a cost of £100,000 per week.‘It’s very difficult for us to say to people they should contribute money when the whole thing might still be turned down by Parliament. Big Ben is currently out of action due to renovation works on the tower, which are not expected to end until 2021 - so there will be no bonging tonight. The appeal, run by the Stand Up 4 Brexit campaign, launched on Wedneday morning on the GoFundMe website and by last night 9,000 donors had handed over £140,0000 towards the £500,000 target.He added: ‘I urge Downing Street to make a clear statement that the Prime Minister and the Cabinet want Big Ben to signal the moment when our great country officially leaves the EU.’A Government source blamed the ‘intransigence’ of Commons officials, saying: ‘We went to the House authorities saying “how can we make this happen?” and they came back with a whole series of unhelpful comments.We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd‘As the Prime Minister effectively initiated this campaign live on TV two days ago and as we are clearly going to hit the target, he would be mad to back away from it.’The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.The announcement sparked fury from Tory MPs behind a fundraising campaign which had raised more than £120,000 in less than a day.Andrea Leadsom, pictured, today announced she had donated £10 to the online appeal to pay for Big Ben's bongs to sound on January 31 at 11pmYesterday the Daily Mail reported Downing Street sources saying the idea of restoring the bell for January 31st was ‘dead’, and Mr Johnson’s spokesman appeared to confirm the news, pointing the finger of blame at the Commons authorities.Former defence minister Mark Francois, who has pledged £1,000 of his own money, said the PM would be ‘mad’ to back down.‘This bell has rung out at all the critical moments in our nation’s modern history.
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