Maritime Hashtag Minute – Sunday 5th January 2025

Each week, Ben Hopkinson looks back at what’s happened the past 7 days and what was trending on Twitter with the Maritime Hashtag Minute. This week’s #MaritimeHashtagMinute was #LondonNewYearFireworks, as the London Eye took centre stage to celebrate ringing in 2025. View the Tweets below:

Greatest city in the world.

Greatest fireworks in the world.

Happy New Year, London! ❤️🎉✨️#HappyNewYear #NewYear pic.twitter.com/fQlMBWXgpK

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) January 1, 2025

Not gonna lie, seeing the British flag in the London firework display made me proud to be British 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/QWJT8Hqbrw

— Queen Natalie (@TheNorfolkLion) January 1, 2025

me trying to figure out how they’re projecting stuff onto the empty space in the middle of the london eye: #LondonFireworks pic.twitter.com/yAl9ZnU6cR

— niamh (@xniamhamelia) January 1, 2025

The London fireworks was brilliant this year. Nice to have that bit of patriotism as well. Credit where is due.

Happy and healthy new year to everybody 🥂

Welcome 2025 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/ygiKn4RYsL

— Demi (@demster70) January 1, 2025

Kudos to my boy @SadiqKhan & the team for putting together the BEST NY firework display London has put on for many many years!!!

A proper rave!

Happy New Year everyone!!! pic.twitter.com/toB9wyeLjs

— Jasdeep Brar (@JasdeepB92) January 1, 2025

Once again the London fireworks are the best in the world, that was SPECTACULAR!! WOW!! Makes me proud to be British for once lol. 😍👏🇬🇧💕 #LondonNYE #LondonFireworks

— Siobhan 🇬🇬 (@slinehan1) January 1, 2025

London is so unserious for putting brat in their New Year's Eve fireworks 😭 pic.twitter.com/Pnf8jQMQ0g

— 🌩🇵🇸𝔸ℚ𝕌𝔸𝔹𝔸𝔹𝕊🇵🇸🌩 (@cheerfanatical) January 1, 2025

That was the best fireworks display London has put on for a while and not overly woke like previous years, so credit where it’s due 👏🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🎇🎆 pic.twitter.com/U3mW2JC3ID

— Chester ✝️🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@TheReformerDog) January 1, 2025

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