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They were going to ring Big Ben, but couldn't raise the funds - even though Boris Johnson tried to raise funds under the motto (I swear, I am not making this up) "Bung a bob for a Big Ben bong", and that's somehow extremely emblematic for the entire debacle.
Well, bed made, and may they like lying in it.
Not for the first time you and truth are some way apart.
The campaign was abandoned after Parliamentary authorities made it clear there were a number of potential legal difficulties in accepting funding through crowdsourcing.
The £272,000 that had already been raised has instead been donated to army vets charity Help For Heroes.
You're anti-British bile is turning you into a fool.
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