Why is it okay to burn effigies on Bonfire Night, but on Eleventh Night it’s classed as hate crime?
Last Sunday was November 5, the anniversary of “gunpowder, treason and plot”. Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators planned to blow up the King and Parliament on November 5, 1605, but thankfully their plot failed. The gunpowder was discovered, the conspirators were arrested and it is that event which is commemorated on Bonfire Night.
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