Bonfire Night is held every year in Great Britain to commemorate the so-called powder keg conspiracy of 1605. On the occasion of this event, famous people symbolically go up in flames every year. This year it should hit a three meter high image of Liz Truss.
The British riot newspaper “Daily Star” has bet who will last longer – the now resigned Prime Minister Liz Truss or a head of lettuce. Truss took her hat a good two weeks ago, the salad was chosen as the winner. Now the two will appear together, at least symbolically: A roughly three-meter-high image of the short-term Prime Minister with a laughing head of lettuce on her shoulder is to be lit this week at Bonfire Night in the English town of Edenbridge, as the BBC reported.
For years, famous personalities have symbolically gone up in flames at the traditional event – Truss follows ex-US President Donald Trump and ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, among others. Truss resigned after 45 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in history after facing widespread criticism of her economic policies and financial market chaos. Reference is also made to this record in Edenbrige in south-east England. The Truss character has a Guinness Book of Records along with the lettuce, her failed economic plan and a “Make Britain Great Again” cap.
Bonfire Night is a yearly celebration of bonfires and bangs across Britain to commemorate how, on November 5, 1605, a group of Catholic conspirators used 36 barrels of gunpowder to assassinate King James I and the country’s Protestant power elite. The gunpowder provided for ignition was discovered in the cellar vaults shortly before the opening of parliament. The conspirators, which included explosives expert Guy Fawkes, are now considered by many to be the first terrorists in British history. They wanted to use the bomb attack to end the oppression of their fellow believers and make Catholicism the state religion again.