Bonfire Night revellers boo as giant effigy of Rishi Sunak carried through streets

Bonfire Night revellers boo as giant effigy of Rishi Sunak carried through streets

Thousands gathered for Lewes' bonfire night celebrations on Sunday where huge effigies of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman were paraded before being burned as part of the town's centuries-old tradition

Effigies of Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman burnt at bonfire night celebration

Effigies of Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman burnt at Lewes bonfire night celebration

Rishi Sunak Effigy Paraded At Lewes’ Bonfire Night

Effigies of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt were set ablaze Saturday as part of the East Sussex town of Lewes’ infamous Bonfire Night commemorations. Thousands gathered to partake in a centuries-old tradition, where satire takes centre stage in the form of towering effigies,in a celebration commemorating the foiled Gunpowder Plot to kill King James I by Guy Fawkes and his fellow radicals in 1605. It’s usually an effigy of …