Liz Truss with laughing lettuce to be burned as Bonfire Night effigy
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The former prime minister Liz Truss with a laughing lettuce on her shoulder has been unveiled as the celebrity guy by the Edenbridge Bonfire Society.
The 11-metre-high effigy is clutching a cardboard box containing a leaver's card and a copy of the Guinness Book of Records in reference to her record as the shortest-serving prime minister.
It also contains a copy of her mini-Budget, a Make Britain Great Again red cap, a T-shirt with the slogan “I am a fighter, not a quitter”, and a cheque for £115,00 in reference to the perpetual funding provided to ex-prime ministers.
The box itself has a big upside-down U with the words “This Way Up” the wrong way up and the words “Oh Dear Oh Dear Oh Dear Packaging Ltd” referencing the words of King Charles to Truss as she arrived to meet him.
The lettuce on her shoulder, which is crying with laughter, is referring to a livestream of a lettuce run by the Daily Star which suggested the vegetable would last longer than Ms Truss did in office.
The vegetable, known as the Liz Lettuce, did outlast the UK’s third female prime minister erupting in global shame for Ms Truss as more than 20,000 people watched the newspaper’s live stream which played party music and displayed disco lights after she announced her resignation.
The Edenbridge guy has become a highlight of the bonfire season with previous public figures put up for ridicule including John Bercow, Boris Johnson, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins, Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross, both of the Blairs, Katie Price, Wayne Rooney, Lance Armstrong, Anne Robinson, and Saddam Hussein.
The society, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to raise more than £5,000 for local charities, has been in existence for more than 90 years and even featured on Pathe News clips dating back to the 1950s. Winston Churchill is one of several famous figures to have opened the Kent town's bonfire night celebrations. Liz Truss’ short premiership was characterised by U-turns, market mayhem and chaos. Her mini-Budget alongside chancellor and long-time friend Kwasi Kwarteng resulted in the pound crashing to its lowest level against the dollar in history, while mortgage rates shot up for homeowners across the country. She ended up sacking her Mr Kwarteng before appointing Jeremy Hunt who went on the reverse most of the Budget.
She later apologised for “mistakes” made in the Budget before more drama landed on her doorstep when her home secretary Suella Braverman resigned after sending sensitive documents to her personal email.
Hanging on by a thread, Ms Truss faced more misery following claims that Tory whips had physically manhandled and bullied backbenchers into backing the prime minister’s administration. Those claims were later confirmed to be unfounded.
A Labour former minister urged the deputy speaker to launch an investigation, and one Conservative MP described the chaos in the House of Commons as “inexcusable” and an “absolute disgrace”.
She resigned the following day after just 45 days in office.
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Lewes Bonfire: The Sussex town famed for burning effigies of hated public figures
Monday 05 November 2018 10:39
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Lewes in East Sussex is busy finessing its preparations to host the UK’s largest Bonfire Night celebration.
The picturesque market town north east of Brighton regularly attracts as many as 80,000 spectators every 5 November to see the costumed processions, fires and firework displays organised by its six bonfire societies.
The most famous aspect of the Lewes festivities - likened to Mardi Gras in New Orleans - is of course its custom of burning effigies of hated public figures, the societies choosing celebrities who have consistently made headlines for the wrong reasons throughout the past year to go up in flames.
In 2017, the townsfolk laid waste to a papier-mache model of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un strapped to a rocket alongside Donald Trump, after the former’s defiance of the international community over missile testing drew him into a game of nuclear brinkmanship with the White House.
Tableaux of Harvey Weinstein and Theresa May as Britannia were also torched.
Previous topical Guys in Lewes have included a boxer-shorted David Cameron holding a pig, Jeremy Clarkson, ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad, Muammar Gaddafi, Angela Merkel and Osama bin Laden.
The subjects of this year’s Guys remain a closely-guarded secret but Edenbridge Bonfire Society in Kent has confirmed its own version will be a towering Boris Johnson in cycling helmet and loud Hawaiian shorts, having his EU cake and eating it. President Trump and controversial columnist Katie Hopkins have previously faced incineration there.
Like the rest of the country, Lewes also burns traditional scarecrow replicas of Guy Fawkes in honour of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and a model of Pope Paul V, head of the Catholic Church at the beginning of the 17th century when Fawkes, Robert Catesby and their accomplices were caught in the act of attempting to blow up the House of Lords.
The town’s Bonfire Night traditions also honour the 17 Protestant martyrs burnt at the stake on Lewes High Street between 1555 and 1557 during the reign of Mary I. Seventeen flaming crosses are carried through the town centre and a wreath is laid before the war memorial in tribute.
Those planning to attend are warned that transport congestion can be an issue due to the immense popularity of the event and are advised to buy tickets in advance for the specific bonfire they wish to see, available from the Lewes Bonfire Council website. Local organisers warn that nearby train stations are closed for the evening and that overcrowding can be a problem, offering further advice on the event's blog.
The parades themselves are free to view.
Last year, Lewes revellers agreed to abandon a tradition of dressing as Zulu warriors, which involved blacking up, after complaints were made.
Ending a practice dating back to at least the Second World War, a can of black “Zulux” paint was cast into the fire as a gesture of respect.
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P.S. Редкое явление в островной прессе: полная трансляция сегодняшнего брифинга Захаровой на сайте «Independent.» Надо полагать в связи с вызовом посла в МИД по поводу подрыва СП и атаки на Севастополь.
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