Effigy of former PM Liz Truss blown up during Bonfire night celebrations

An effigy of British former prime minister Liz Truss was torched on Saturday (November 5) as part of traditional Bonfire Night celebrations in the small southeastern town of Edenbridge.

Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, resigned after little more than a month in power in October.

Bonfires are held around the country on November 5 to commemorate the 1605 plot by Guy Fawkes to blow up parliament. An effigy of Guy Fawkes is burnt on the fires.

For 20 years, Edenbridge has poked fun at famous figures by burning their effigies instead of the traditional ‘Guy’.

An effigy of Truss's predecessor Boris Johnson went up in flames in 2018 and in 2016, it was a caricature of then U.S. president Donald Trump.