UK Parliament - Today, the famous Ayrton light at the top of #BigBen was disconnected. Four temporary substitute lights mounted on the Tower's scaffolding will now shine when Parliament is sitting, while
![Simon Widdowson on Twitter: "4 Bit Lights, an expansion port and an old battery pack that wasn't being used anymore. @lightmybricks & @ElegantBricks make it ridiculously easy to do stuff like this Simon Widdowson on Twitter: "4 Bit Lights, an expansion port and an old battery pack that wasn't being used anymore. @lightmybricks & @ElegantBricks make it ridiculously easy to do stuff like this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYpo2LuXQAgAxiH.jpg:large)
Simon Widdowson on Twitter: "4 Bit Lights, an expansion port and an old battery pack that wasn't being used anymore. @lightmybricks & @ElegantBricks make it ridiculously easy to do stuff like this
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The Ayrton Light, remembrance and celebration at UK Parliament | Parliamentary Archives: Inside the Act Room
![Silence of the Bongs' row grows over switching off of Big Ben's historic 'democracy lamp' above Parliament Silence of the Bongs' row grows over switching off of Big Ben's historic 'democracy lamp' above Parliament](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/08/16/TELEMMGLPICT000137454839_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqk--b1aDvxTQVszVMARw2xHxZNzM_AvbX_zI3fz_u60c.jpeg?imwidth=480)
Silence of the Bongs' row grows over switching off of Big Ben's historic 'democracy lamp' above Parliament
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