Photos:Donald Trunmp,Popular Choice As UK Celebrate Born Fire Night

Donald Trump will be going up in flames tonight as effigies of the presidency hopeful are torched in firework celebrationsDonald Trump will be going up in flames tonight as effigies of the presidency hopeful are torched in firework celebrations

Donald is all that popular across the pond.
As Britons get ready to celebrate Bonfire Night on Saturday, many have chosen to set alight massive effigies of Donald Trump as part of the traditional celebrations.

The Republican nominee is expected to go up in flames - as many had predicted his campaign would over the course of the election season - at at least three bonfire societies across the United Kingdom.
Two Trump figures were pictured in Lewes - about 60 miles south of London - ahead of its annual fireworks event which attracts tens of thousands of revelers.
Another effigy was spotted at Edenbridge - about 30 miles south-east of the English capital. 
The Edenbridge effigy will take on a different look than the other two known Trump ones, with the Donald seen holding the head of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the one to be burnt at the UK's most famous bonfire festival.
The Edenbridge society chose to burn Trump this year after deciding he was 'the biggest villain of 2016'.
A giant effigy of Donald Trump holding Hillary Clinton's head will be burned at Britain's most famous bonfire festival
Trump effigy
A giant effigy of Donald Trump holding Hillary Clinton's head will be burned at Britain's most famous bonfire festival

Organisers said Mr Trump was the overwhelming choice for this year's celebrity effigy.
Spokeswoman Jeni Fox said: 'We were spoilt for choice in terms of potential contenders with a shortlist of around 10 potential runners but the people's choice stole the vote.
'We are literally helping Trump to live out his own catchphrase "burn it down" by exploding the 11m effigy as the opening act for our fireworks display.
'It only seemed fair that Hillary Clinton took some of the limelight, and we are sure the presidential candidates will be pleased to see they are both featured.'
US presidential candidate Donald Trump is revealed as the Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity Guy for their world famous bonfire night
US presidential candidate Donald Trump is revealed as the Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity Guy for their world famous bonfire night

The 36ft-tall effigy is pants-less, holding Hillary Clinton's head under one arm and striking one of Trump's signature poses. 
He will be burnt alongside the traditional effigy of Guy Fawkes. 
Six bonfire societies will burn effigies on Sunday night after parading them through the streets of Lewes, East Sussex, but their identities are kept secret until the last minute.
Given the time it takes to build them, the figures are usually media villains from some weeks before the event. 

WHO IS GUY FAWKES AND WHAT IS BONFIRE NIGHT? 

King James I interrogates Guy Fawkes about his part in the gunpowder plot to blow up Parliament, 1605
King James I interrogates Guy Fawkes about his part in the gunpowder plot to blow up Parliament, 1605

Bonfire Night is held on November 5 every year in the UK, and commemorates the failed 'Gunpowder Plot' of 1605 - when Fawkes and a mob of co-conspirators attempted to blow up the House of Lords in London to kill King James I.
The group wanted to take out the Protestant ruler and replace him with a Catholic head of state.
Fawkes managed to smuggle a staggering 36 barrels of into a cellar of the building that is home to the British Parliament. It would have been enough to level the entire palace.
But the plan was stopped when a letter was sent on November 4 warning William Parker, the 4th Baron Monteagle, to stay away from the building the next day.
As a result of the tip-off, Westminster Palace was searched, and Fawkes was found just moments before he was able to bring the house to the ground with what would have been a devastating explosion.
Although Fawkes was not the mastermind of the plot - that infamous honor belongs to Robert Catesby - he is the man most remembered and associated with the would-be assassination.
In addition to burning effigies of Fawkes on Bonfire Night, people in the UK also set off fireworks and parade through the streets. 
Masks of Fawkes' face are also commonly worn, and in recent years they have been adopted as a symbol by the online hacking group, Anonymous. They were also featured in the 2006 film, V for Vendetta.  
In 2014, Vladimir Putin was depicted in a 'mankini' following Russia's conflict with the Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. 
The Pope, Syria's President Assad, former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Lance Armstrong, disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and European football stars Wayne Rooney and Mario Balotelli have all been torched over the years.
The festivities raise money for a host of local charities.
Bonfire Night is held on November 5 every year in the UK, and commemorates the failed 'Gunpowder Plot' of 1605 - when Fawkes and a mob of co-conspirators attempted to blow up the House of Lords in London to kill King James I.
The Gunpowder Plotters (l-rThomas Bates, Robert Winter, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby And Thomas Winter) planned to blow up the House of Lords
The Gunpowder Plotters (l-rThomas Bates, Robert Winter, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Guy 
Fawkes, Robert Catesby And Thomas Winter) planned to blow up the House of Lords

The House of Lords - also known as Westminster Palace - is home to the two branches of Parliament in the UK
The House of Lords - also known as Westminster Palace - is home to the two branches of Parliament in the UK

People are seen carrying a sign reading 'Lest We Forget' as they parade through the streets of Lewes in Sussex, southern England on November 5, 2015, during the traditional Bonfire Night celebrations
People are seen carrying a sign reading 'Lest We Forget' as they parade through the streets of Lewes in Sussex, southern England on November 5, 2015, during the traditional Bonfire Night celebrations

The group wanted to take out the Protestant ruler and replace him with a Catholic head of state.
Fawkes managed to smuggle a staggering 36 barrels of into a cellar of the building that is home to the British Parliament. It would have been enough to level the entire palace.
But the plan was stopped when a letter was sent on November 4 warning William Parker, the 4th Baron Monteagle, to stay away from the building the next day.
As a result of the tip-off, Westminster Palace was searched, and Fawkes was found just moments before he was able to bring the house to the ground with what would have been a devastating explosion.
Previous Guy's include disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter (last year, left), footballers Wayne Rooney (right, in 2010) and Mario Balotelli and also cheating cyclist Lance Armstrong

Former Manchester City hitman Mario Balotelli was the figure of fun the following year after an episode in October 2011 in which he set off fireworks in his bathroom, burning down part of his £3m house
Lance Armstrong was next up four years ago
Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli (left) and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was next up four years ago (right)

Although Fawkes was not the mastermind of the plot - that infamous honor belongs to Robert Catesby - he is the man most remembered and associated with the would-be assassination.
In addition to burning effigies of Fawkes on Bonfire Night, people in the UK also set off fireworks and parade through the streets. 
Masks of Fawkes' face are also commonly worn, and in recent years they have been adopted as a symbol by the online hacking group, Anonymous. They were also featured in the 2006 film, V for Vendetta. 
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a rally in Ohio on November 4
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a rally in Ohio on November 

Donald Trump effigies have been seen across the US at times during the election campaign such as this one at a rally in San Diego in May 2016
Donald Trump effigies have been seen across the US at times during the election campaign such as this one at a rally in San Diego in May 2016

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