WILLIAM Wallace is returning to the big screen to fight for Big Ben's bongs as commentators take to Twitter to mock MPs.
Politial twitter responded in bemused tones at the news that MPs would be gathering to bow their heads over the silencing of Big Ben's bonging for the next four years to allow for necessary repairs.
One response from artist Shaun Milne involved a resurrected William "Mel" Wallace coming back to defend the sancticty of the bell itself. According to the Milne, the premise is "f**king gold".
They make take our lives but they will never take.... pic.twitter.com/1ib34lMPmR
— Shaun (@Shiny02) August 20, 2017
Milne said "The Big Ben nonsense (amongst a host of other particularly British peculiarities) highlights the vapid and vacuous nature of British nationalism.
"The poster is just a way of highlighting that with a bit of Hollywood magic (I would totally watch that film). Throw in a bit of colonial theft of native culture by stamping a Union Jack on it – well, that's what this country does best, isn't it?"
Other Twitter users were also quick to mock the MPs involved.
Today as Big Ben falls silent, I shall gather with others, heads bowed, wondering what we ever did to deserve such cretinous politicians. https://t.co/TTYFQpnCoO
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) August 21, 2017
"Hello I need to speak to my MP urgently about my benefit sanctions"
— Mark McDonald (@markmcdsnp) August 20, 2017
"Sorry he's not here, he's standing at Big Ben mournfully"
"..." https://t.co/OLuJuvKN1o
If Jacob Rees Mogg doesn't tie himself to Big Ben with a rope made of knotted Union Jacks I am going to be very disappointed. #bong
— Mhairi Hunter (@MhairiHunter) August 20, 2017
Brexit Secretary David Davis originally dismissed health and safety concerns linked to the clock tower’s restoration and urged the estate’s authorities to “just get on with it”.
The bell is expected to chime one last time at midday on Monday before falling silent until 2021, except for special circumstances.
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