Normally Westminster is snooze city. Foreign affairs and funding rows. But recently, things got weird — because they lit up over glowing tubes. Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP brought fire to the benches defending authentic signage. She tore into LED wannabes. Her line? LED strips for £30 don’t count. Clear argument. Neon is an art form, not disposable decor. Backing her up was Chris McDonald sharing his own commission. Cross-party vibes were glowing. Then came the killer numbers: from hundreds, only a handful remain.

No new blood. Skills vanish. Qureshi pushed a Neon Protection Act. Protect the name. Then Jim Shannon got involved. He dropped stats. Growth at 7.5% yearly. His point: it’s not nostalgia, it’s business. Last word came from Chris Bryant. He made glowing jokes. The benches laughed. But underneath the banter, he admitted neon mattered. He name-dropped icons: Piccadilly Circus. He said glass and gas beat plastic.

So what’s the fight? Simple: plastic strips are sold as neon. Trust disappears. Think Cornish pasties. If names mean something, why not neon?. This was bigger than signage. Do we let craft die for cheap convenience? Smithers says no: real neon rules. MPs argued over signs. Nothing signed, the case is made. If they’ll argue for glow in Westminster, you can back it at home. Skip the plastic. Back the craft.