<p>A giant effigy of former UK prime minister Liz Truss, who quit after a disastrous 49 days in power, will be torched on Britain's Bonfire Night, organisers revealed Wednesday.</p>.<p>The 33-foot (10-metre) tall caricature will be set ablaze on Saturday in the town of Edenbridge, Kent, southeast England, with more than 10,000 people expected to attend.</p>.<p>Truss became Britain's shortest-serving prime minister when she left Downing Street on October 25 after her maiden budget announcement sent markets spiralling.</p>.<p>Artist Andrea Deans depicts her alongside Larry the Cat, the Downing Street feline who has now seen off four prime ministers, with a lettuce, which outlasted the leader in a tabloid newspaper stunt, perched on her shoulder.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/rishi-sunak-s-first-crisis-turmoil-engulfing-his-home-secretary-1158340.html" target="_blank">Rishi Sunak’s first crisis: Turmoil engulfing his Home Secretary</a></strong></p>.<p>The caricature is holding a box of possessions associated with Truss's short but eventful time in office.</p>.<p>Britain's Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night marks the foiling of a plot by Catholic conspirators to blow up Protestant king James I and the Houses of Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder on November 5, 1605.</p>.<p>It is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks displays either on November 5 or the nearest weekend, with effigies or "guys" of the plotter Fawkes burned.</p>.<p>Edenbridge has poked fun at famous figures for more than 20 years, torching effigies of them alongside the traditional Guy Fawkes.</p>.<p>An effigy of Truss's predecessor Boris Johnson went up in flames in 2018, while in 2016 it was a caricature of US president Donald Trump.</p>.<p>Previous targets have included cyclist Lance Armstrong, footballer Wayne Rooney, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.</p>
<p>A giant effigy of former UK prime minister Liz Truss, who quit after a disastrous 49 days in power, will be torched on Britain's Bonfire Night, organisers revealed Wednesday.</p>.<p>The 33-foot (10-metre) tall caricature will be set ablaze on Saturday in the town of Edenbridge, Kent, southeast England, with more than 10,000 people expected to attend.</p>.<p>Truss became Britain's shortest-serving prime minister when she left Downing Street on October 25 after her maiden budget announcement sent markets spiralling.</p>.<p>Artist Andrea Deans depicts her alongside Larry the Cat, the Downing Street feline who has now seen off four prime ministers, with a lettuce, which outlasted the leader in a tabloid newspaper stunt, perched on her shoulder.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/rishi-sunak-s-first-crisis-turmoil-engulfing-his-home-secretary-1158340.html" target="_blank">Rishi Sunak’s first crisis: Turmoil engulfing his Home Secretary</a></strong></p>.<p>The caricature is holding a box of possessions associated with Truss's short but eventful time in office.</p>.<p>Britain's Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night marks the foiling of a plot by Catholic conspirators to blow up Protestant king James I and the Houses of Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder on November 5, 1605.</p>.<p>It is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks displays either on November 5 or the nearest weekend, with effigies or "guys" of the plotter Fawkes burned.</p>.<p>Edenbridge has poked fun at famous figures for more than 20 years, torching effigies of them alongside the traditional Guy Fawkes.</p>.<p>An effigy of Truss's predecessor Boris Johnson went up in flames in 2018, while in 2016 it was a caricature of US president Donald Trump.</p>.<p>Previous targets have included cyclist Lance Armstrong, footballer Wayne Rooney, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.</p>