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Donald 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.
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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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