Nigel Farage moans that plans for Brexit fireworks have been blocked as the pro-Leave groups say they have faced a number of obstacles to marking the day the UK officially leaves.

Leave Means Leave are organising a big event in Parliament Square which at least 20,000 people are expected to attend.

Pro-Brexit demonstrators flooded Parliament Square on 29 March 2019 when the UK was originally supposed to leave and the campaigners want a similar event this time round.

But plans for Big Ben to ring out at 11.59pm have faced obstacles - including a cost of £500,000.

The campaign had wanted to hold a fireworks display in Westminster that would be visible from Parliament Square.

Mr Farage told the Telegraph: "The plan was to have a short, dramatic five-minute firework display. We have just met obstacles at every moment of this."

It would be impossible to hold a fireworks display on the Thames (
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One idea to have the display in nearby St James's park would not work because the Royal Parks say they don't allow them because of the danger they pose to nesting birds.

A Royal Parks spokesman, told the Telegraph: "We do not allow firework displays in St James's Park because of the impact on nesting birds and other wildlife."

There would also be an issue with having them on the Thames as happens river would have to be closed as happens on New Year's Eve.

A Port of London Authority spokesman said it was considering a request to launch fireworks from a barge on the Thames "but it would involve closing the river, which normally only happens on New Year's Eve."

Any plans for fireworks displays are governed by the Fireworks Act 2003.

The law bans fireworks from 11pm except on specific nights (Bonfire Night, New Year’s Eve) unless they are staged by a government department or local authority.

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Richard Tice, who is chair of the Brexit Party and Leave Means Leave, urged "anybody who has got a roof terrace in the close vicinity of Parliament Square that would let us set off 20 rockets, something with the 'wow' factor" to get in touch.

A spokesman for the Brexit Party leader told the Mirror that they wanted the event on 31 to be a "celebration for everyone - Leavers and Remainers".

Pro-Brexit demonstrators flooded Parliament Square on 29 March 2019 when the UK was supposed to leave (
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Meanwhile crowdfunding efforts to pay for Big Ben to ring out at 11pm on January 31 have already hit £50,000.

The Prime Minister had called for Brits to raise the £500,000 needed to restore the symbolic chime to mark the moment Britain leaves the EU.

But Commons officials have reportedly told Number 10 they could not accept public cash to pay for the historic landmark's repair to be suspended in order for the bell to be rung.

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Mark Francois MP, who has championed the drive in Parliament for Big Ben to Bong added: “There have always been some in the British establishment who have sought to frustrate Brexit, however they can.

"But as the Referendum and the General Election emphatically demonstrated the people have always triumphed in the end.

"This campaign allows the British public to beat the bureaucrats once again - to ensure that we properly celebrate becoming a free country."