Normally Westminster is snooze city. Tax codes, pensions, boring bills. But one night in May 2025, things got weird — because they debated neon signs. Ms Qureshi herself brought fire to the benches defending authentic signage. She blasted the plastic pretenders. Her line? If it’s not bent glass filled with neon gas, it ain’t neon. Hard truth. Neon is culture, not some strip light fad. Chris McDonald piled in talking neon like a fanboy.

Even the Tories nodded. Then came the killer numbers: from hundreds, only a handful remain. No new blood. The glow goes out. She called for law like Harris Tweed or Champagne. Defend the glow. Out of nowhere, DUP’s Jim Shannon chimed in. He dropped stats. Growth at 7.5% yearly. His point: neon is a future industry. Last word came from Chris Bryant. He couldn’t resist wordplay. He got roasted for dad jokes. But behind the jokes, the government was paying attention.

He name-dropped icons: Walthamstow Stadium. He fought the eco smear. Why all this noise? Simple: fake LED "neon" floods every online shop. Craft gets crushed. Think Cornish pasties. If labels matter, signs deserve honesty too. This was bigger than signage. Do we erase 100 years of glow for LED strips? Smithers says no: real neon rules. MPs argued over signs. No law yet, the case is made. If MPs can fight for neon, so can you. Dump the LEDs. Back the craft.