Famed fireworks show takes shots at Starmer

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Eddenbridge Bonfire Society, known for their yearly bonfire night celebrations involving burning giant effigies and caricatures, have added Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the latest in a long line of notable figures and celebrities meeting the torch, as decided by a public vote.   Chloe Brewster reports.

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00:00Edenbridge Bonfire Society has been around for over 95 years and its celebrity Guy has

00:05made it one of the most iconic firework night celebrations in the nation. Last year the

00:09Guy was Ticketmaster and the Oasis Brothers swaying from the typically political Guy choice.

00:14There were plenty of options for who was going to be the Edenbridge Guy this year but for

00:17the people of Edenbridge the answer was obvious. It's Starmer, Starmer the Farmer Harmer as

00:22seen on his badge on his chest just there. Now there are other people in the running

00:25including the name that's been on everybody's lips.

00:28We did have Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor who came in a very very close second. We had other

00:33nominations I think people suggested Angela Rayner, Andrew Tate, Rachel Rees. I love the

00:38fact that he's got the traditional Guy Fawkes hat and the frilly rough on because it sort

00:42of brings the whole story round back to Parliament which is what obviously Guy Fawkes was trying

00:48to blow up in the first instance. We feel that Keir Starmer's doing quite a good job by himself

00:53of sort of causing the destruction of it.

00:55The build begins from early October with the caricature painted in the space of just 10

00:59days. One artist has been in charge of painting the effigy for nearly 10 years.

01:03The scale is definitely the biggest challenge because I don't actually get to see it until

01:09you guys see it so I'm seeing it with the whole world and I'm basically on the edge thinking

01:14is it going to look okay and if it isn't then there's nothing I can do about it. So yeah the

01:19scale of proportions of the body parts mainly is my biggest nightmare but I think it looks

01:26alright.

01:27I took to the high street in Edenbridge to get a feel for local reactions.

01:31Oh that's good, that's good. That's brilliant. Who is it? No idea. No I haven't actually.

01:39No I haven't. No I haven't. Yes, it's very good likeness. Yeah it's really creative. I like

01:49the sausages on the head. It's a nice, nice touch. Oh actually that's really good this year.

01:53It's better than the hostages. It's really good. As people here look forward to lighting

01:58up the bonfire on Saturday we're sure Labour are hoping the upcoming autumn budget won't

02:03go up in smoke too. Chloe Brewster for KMTV in Edenbridge.

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