MPs Argue Over Real Neon Vs Fake Plastic

Parliament isn’t usually fun. Foreign affairs and funding rows. But one night in May 2025, things got weird — because they argued about neon. Bolton’s Yasmin Qureshi brought fire to the benches defending real neon. She called out the fakes. Her line? If it’s not bent glass filled with neon gas, it ain’t neon. Clear argument. Neon is culture, not a gimmick. Backing her up was Chris McDonald who bragged about neon art in Teesside. The benches buzzed.

Then came the killer numbers: from hundreds, only a handful remain. Zero pipeline. Without protection, the craft dies. Qureshi pushed a Neon Protection Act. Protect the name. Out of nowhere, DUP’s Jim Shannon chimed in. He dropped stats. Growth at 7.5% yearly. His point: heritage and profit can mix. Last word came from Chris Bryant. He cracked neon puns. He got roasted for dad jokes. But behind the jokes, he admitted neon mattered.

He name-dropped icons: Walthamstow Stadium. He said glass and real neon signs gas beat plastic. So what’s the fight? Simple: consumers are being conned. Heritage vanishes. Think Cornish pasties. If names mean something, neon deserves the same. This wasn’t just politics. Do we want every high street glowing with plastic sameness? Smithers says no: real neon rules. The Commons got its glow-up. No law yet, but the glow is alive. If they’ll argue for glow in Westminster, neon lights you can back it at home.

Dump the LEDs. Choose neon.


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