Normally Westminster is snooze city. Budgets, policy jargon, same old speeches. Yet last spring, MPs went rogue — because they argued about neon. Bolton’s Yasmin Qureshi went all-in defending authentic signage. She blasted the plastic pretenders. Her line? Stop calling plastic junk neon. Sharp speech. Neon is an art form, not some strip light fad. Backing her up was Chris McDonald talking neon like a fanboy. The benches buzzed. Then came the killer numbers: just 27 neon benders left in Britain.

Zero pipeline. Without protection, the craft dies. She floated certification marks. Defend the glow. Even Strangford had its say. He talked money. Big bucks in glow. His point: it’s not nostalgia, it’s business. Minister Bryant wrapped it up. He couldn’t resist wordplay. Deputy Speaker heckled him. But underneath the banter, the government was paying attention. He listed neon legends: Tracey Emin’s art. He even argued neon lasts longer than LED.

Where’s the beef? Simple: consumers are being conned. Trust disappears. Think Scotch whisky. If names mean something, why not neon?. This wasn’t just politics. Do we want every high street glowing with plastic sameness? We call BS: buy neon lights glass and gas forever. MPs argued over signs. No law yet, but the glow is alive. If MPs can fight for neon, so can you. Bin the fakes. Back the craft.