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* NIGEL FARAGE IS HOSTING A 'BREXIT CELEBRATION' IN WESTMINSTER ON JANUARY 31 * HE SAID THE PARTY WILL APPROPRIATELY MARK 'BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY OF THIS NATION' *
GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO MARK BREXIT BUT HAS NOT SPELLED OUT HOW IT WILL DO SO * STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER BIG BEN WILL BONG FOR BREXIT AMID ONGOING FUNDING ROW By JACK MAIDMENT, DEPUTY
POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 10:04 EDT, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 10:04 EDT, 15 January 2020 Nigel Farage and the Leave Means Leave campaign group have been given permission
to host a Brexit party in front of Parliament on January 31 to mark the UK's departure from the European Union. The 'Brexit Celebration' in Parliament Square will take place
from 9pm until 11.15pm with Britain due to officially split from Brussels at 11pm. Mr Farage said it was 'great news' and added: 'It is a big moment in the history of this
nation to celebrate.' The event is expected to include speeches and music but it remains unclear whether it will be capped off by the bongs of Big Ben. Big Ben is currently undergoing
a massive renovation and the bell is out of action, with Boris Johnson suggesting it would cost £500,000 to get it in working order to mark Brexit. The government has invited members of the
public to raise money to pay for it but it is uncertain whether the campaign will generate the required cash to make it happen. The decision to grant permission for the Leave Means Leave
event comes as the government has yet to explain its own plans to commemorate Brexit. Ministers have said the occasion will be formally marked but they have not said exactly how. Mr Farage
had previously complained that plans to hold the party were being undermined by officials opposed to Britain's departure from the bloc. The leader of the Brexit Party said yesterday
they had been struggling to gain permission to hold a five-minute firework display as part of the celebrations. He said permission had been denied to launch fireworks from a government
building, alongside the River Thames and from St James' Park. 'But do you know something? We're not giving up on trying,' he said during his LBC radio show. 'We
will mark this moment in history, I promise you.' A spokesman for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said provisional approval had been given for the event to take place with more than
12,000 people having already applied for tickets. Many Brexiteers believe Big Ben must bong to mark Brexit but the renovation of Elizabeth Tower means their hopes could be dashed. Brexit
Party chairman Richard Tice said if it is not possible to allow the bell to ring out they could play a recording of the bell on a speaker system.