but we stay in britain and return to that evergreen breck's it which is set to happen on january the 31st and there's been a whole debate about big ben charming to signal the break with europe the problem is big ben is being renovated it all seems quite frivolous really but some people are getting quite worked up about it. 3 and a half years after the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. it's finally happening its most ardent supporters insist its must go off with a bang or should that be. the big should go for breaks at 2300 hours on the 31st of january. it seems pretty inconceivable that should be any. talk of the world which is go big bad unfortunately there's a hitch the unesco protected 19th century clock tower is currently undergoing an extensive restoration and each giant clock has been silenced to protect the hearing of construction workers. chime on new year's eve but having it done for blacks it would allegedly cost $60000.00 euros to party leader nigel farage is apoplectic. they're really making this as did i want to call it 5000000 i mean they really try to make this as difficult