Edenbridge Guy: Effigy of Liz Truss to go up in flames

The effigy of the former prime minister will be set alight on Saturday

An effigy of Liz Truss has been unveiled as the Guy of the Edenbridge Bonfire as the event returns for the first time since 2019.

The 11m high figure of the former prime minister will be lit on Saturday.

The Edenbridge Bonfire Society has poked fun at celebrities and political leaders for more than 20 years.

The figure of the UK's shortest serving prime minister is clutching a cardboard box containing a leaver's card and a copy of her mini budget.

It also contains a copy of the Guinness Book of Records, in reference to her time in office, as well as 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 funding provided to ex-prime ministers.

The box itself features the words "Oh Dear Oh Dear Oh Dear Packaging Ltd," referring to the words of King Charles to Ms Truss as she arrived to meet him.

The lettuce on her shoulder, which is crying with laughter, is referring to a livestream of a lettuce run by a national newspaper which suggested the vegetable would last longer than Ms Truss did in office.

At her feet is Larry, the Downing Street cat.

The Speaker of the House of Commons is joined by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in Edenbridge in 2019

In 2019 an 11m high effigy of the former speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, holding the heads of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn was burned.

US President Donald Trump, football star Wayne Rooney and film producer Harvey Weinstein have been previous Guys, while Mr Johnson was the effigy in 2018.

Money raised by the event on Saturday will go to a number of charities in the area.

Boris Johnson is seen eating a slice of "EU cake" in 2018

Edenbridge Bonfire Society has been celebrating Bonfire Night for more than 90 years and this year will see hundreds of people participating in the torchlight parade through Edenbridge High Street.

"As our tradition dictates, this is led by our bishop of the bonfire, his choirboys and the society's effigies: Guy Fawkes, General Wolfe and Anne Boleyn, with her head tucked underneath her arm," the bonfire society said.

The procession will be joined by members from visiting Sussex bonfire societies.

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