Whose effigy should top the November 5th Bonfire?
The burning of effigies of public figures who are disliked for various reasons is piece of political theatre stretching back into history.
It hasn’t always been politically progressive. The historian David Cannadine has pointed out that until the late nineteenth century the burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes was associated with reactionary anti-Catholic sentiment.
That specific tradition in England at least has almost passed into history itself.
However the burning of effigies on 5th November has continued and the current British political crisis suggest plenty of potential candidates
Should it be an effigy of Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees Mogg, Suella Bravermen or perhaps their guiding light, Margaret Thatcher
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