{"id":1176229,"date":"2021-12-31T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T23:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176229"},"modified":"2021-12-31T18:50:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T23:50:08","slug":"london-will-get-surprise-fireworks-tonight-with-restored-big-ben-ringing-in-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/london-will-get-surprise-fireworks-tonight-with-restored-big-ben-ringing-in-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"London Will Get Surprise Fireworks Tonight With Restored Big Ben Ringing in New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flondon-will-get-surprise-fireworks-tonight-with-restored-big-ben-ringing-in-new-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176229&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237351120-e1640966306470-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The traditional London fireworks display over the Thames and by the seat of government by the Palace of Westminster was cancelled for the second year in a row, but with just hours to go before the new year is rung in, it has been revealed a fireworks display has been planned in secret and will in fact go ahead tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Citing coronavirus concerns, London\u2019s annual firework display \u2014 one of many worldwide in major global cities that see the new year in as the earth turns \u2014 was cancelled in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/london-cancels-new-year-fireworks-again-due-to-covid\/\">and in October the 2021 display was announced to have been cancelled too<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>There was renewed hope the show may have been given the go-ahead last week when the government announced there would be no new restrictions for New Year\u2019s Eve \u2014 unlike in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland \u2014 but even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/17160342\/london-new-years-eve-fireworks-still-cancelled\/\">as recently as the 28th<\/a> the Mayor\u2019s office was insisting there was no show to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Yet today, with just hours to go before the end of 2021, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/17185839\/london-new-year-fireworks-go-ahead-performances\/\">claimed<\/a> in British tabloid&nbsp;<em>The Sun<\/em> that a fireworks display had been planned in secret for tonight, with the show kept under-wraps from the public to discourage people from physically attending the event. Revellers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBC\/status\/1476941326839123999\">have been encouraged to stay at home<\/a> and watch the display on television.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Sun\u2019s<\/em> report claimed that recent stories outlining research that the omicron variant of Coronavirus was less severe than some feared had informed the decision to allow the display to go ahead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sadiq Khan Lights Up London Sky with BLM Fist for New Year Fireworks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0vdGvtkRFd\">https:\/\/t.co\/0vdGvtkRFd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1345034644975136768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Enhancing the display is the fact that it will take place in front of the newly unshrouded upper reaches of the Elizabeth clock tower, commonly known around the world for its bell \u2018Big Ben\u2019, which has been wrapped in scaffolding since 2017. With cleaned stonework and freshly applied gold leaf to details, the tower also features an authentic original blue colour scheme that hasn\u2019t been seen in living memory.<\/p>\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>, it is reported the original blue \u2014 likely a nod to medieval polychromy given the colourful gothic revival design of the palace \u2014 was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2021\/dec\/31\/restored-big-ben-to-bong-again-at-midnight-to-bring-in-new-year\"> likely overpainted <\/a>with black in the 1930s to hide the effects of smoke pollution.<\/p>\n<p>While Big Ben will ring in the new year with its temporary striker mechanism, it is reported this is hoped to be the last major event to use it, and the clock will return to using its intended original mechanism from early 2022, as the restoration completes.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year\u2019s Eve party in Trafalgar Square which has also traditionally met New Year\u2019s Eve was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/21\/khan-pulls-plug-on-london-new-years-eve-celebrations-again-over-covid\/\">also cancelled earlier this year<\/a> and remains cancelled, Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed today as he urged Londoners to stay away.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about tonight\u2019s displays, Mayor Khan said it would celebrate the best of 2021. The remark may be telegraphing that the lights \u2014 normally an apolitical event \u2014 could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/01\/01\/sadiq-khan-lights-up-london-sky-with-blm-fist-for-new-year-fireworks\/\">mirror last year\u2019s display<\/a>, which again was cancelled and then took place as a surprise at the last moment. The controversial BLM-inspired light show even used synchronised drones to create an enormous clenched fist in the sky above the capital.<\/p>\n<p>As it did, a recorded female voice boomed out: \u201cThis is one voice with one message: Black Lives Matter\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional London fireworks display over the Thames and by the seat of government by the Palace of Westminster was cancelled for the second year in a row, but with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}