Edenbridge Bonfire Society's effigy, complete with a laughing lettuce, is clutching a cardboard box containing a leaving card and a copy of the Guinness Book of Records
Former prime minister Liz Truss has been unveiled as the celebrity"Guy" by a bonfire society in Kent famous for ridiculing public figures in its 5 November celebrations.
Edenbridge Bonfire Society's 11 metre-high effigy, complete with a laughing lettuce on its shoulder, is clutching a cardboard box containing a leaving card and a copy of the Guinness Book of Records in reference to her record as the shortest-serving PM. 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 £115,000 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 toMembers of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society unveil Liz Truss as their latest celebrity Guy The lettuce on her shoulder, which is crying with laughter, is referring to a livestream of a lettuce run by the Daily Star newspaper which suggested the vegetable would last longer than Ms Truss did in office.The former Tory leader took the decision to step down just a little over 24 hours after she told MPs she was a"fighter, not a quitter".
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