Big Ben to be silent for four years

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What the fk are they doing. Rebuilding it from the ground up?

I'm no campanologist but Jesus Christ. Four years! And 30m! That's thirty million pounds. It's easy to throw away figures like that in amongst overall govt expenditure and costlier projects but that is a lot of cash.

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H'apparently an MPs committee is getting involved. It seems four year's silence just won't do and they are looking to see if it's necessary.

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kowalski655 said:

Once again the non experts get involved because they don't like what they hear(or rather they get all worked up on Facebook, so "something must be done!")

Nice attempt at condescension.

Would you prefer to hear from the experts instead? The clock company who tended the clock since the 70s? The individual who has worked on it previously?

Silencing it is a nonsense, they say.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/17/nonsens...

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Cold said:

So, um, strange as it may seem but the initial cost estimates for the repairs to Elizabeth Tower have been revised. Most recent forecasts are £61m.
//Sucks teeth and consults clipboard.//

What the fkety fk.

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Are the costs itemised somewhere?