Keir Starmer’s effigy is dragged by way of the streets earlier than he’s burned as TWO Bonfire Night occasions mock the under-fire PM with large dummies

Giant effigies of Sir Keir Starmer were last night dragged through the streets as the premier was mocked on Bonfire Night. 

The British public directed their ire at the under-fire PM by portraying him as a clown in one effigy at the festivities in Lewes, East Sussex.

He was surrounded by giant juggling balls adorned with the words ‘balls up’, ‘inflation nation’, and ‘100 in, one out’, in a swipe at his premiership. 

Another effigy showed a crazed-looking Sir Keir, complete with glowing, bright eyes and disheveled glasses, holding a dislodged steering wheel in the air as he rides a tractor with ‘all lies Starmer’ written on the front. 

In Edenbridge, Kent, Sir Keir beat Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Andrew Tate to be voted as the centrepiece for this Saturday’s event.    

The 36-feet high effigy depicts Sir Kier wearing a frilly ruff usually associated with Fawkes and flip flops, the giant visage also sported a huge red badge which read: ‘Starmer The Farmer Harmer’. 

Earlier this year Labour’s inheritance tax raid on farmers sparked protests throughout the UK as the party was warned it would spell the end of farm shops. 

An effigy at Lewes Bonfire Night last night showed a crazed-looking Sir Keir, complete with glowing, bright eyes and disheveled glasses, as he rides a tractor with ‘all lies Starmer’ written on the front

The British public directed their ire at the under-fire PM by portraying him as a clown in another effigy

Sir Keir Starmer wearing a ‘farmer harmer’ badge has been unveiled as the latest effigy for a Edenbridge’s Bonfire Night’s festivities

Edenbridge Bonfire Society has gained a reputation for using their effigy’s to poke fun at celebrities, as well as politicians and their decision-making since 1994. 

Among their previous targets include, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump as well as London Mayor Sadiq Khan and his ULEZ policy. 

Last year the group previously took aim at Ticketmaster amid outrage over the sites dynamic pricing as fans scrambled to buy Oasis tickets last year. 

This year however, the creators wanted to take the tradition back to its more political roots.  

Bill Cummings, chairman of the Bonfire Society, said: ‘This decision is a great opportunity to remind everyone why we have Bonfire Night in the first place, a message that has perhaps been forgotten over more recent years.’

The Prime Minister’s effigy is holding a clipboard with ‘Suck up to Trump’ written in big letters and policies such as the new ‘one in, one out’ agreement with France crossed out.

Sir Keir also has his own links to the area having been raised in nearby Oxted and is said to have been part of one of the local football teams in Edenbridge.  

Andrea Deans, one of the creators of this year’s effigy, said: ‘We feel the public have chosen well this year when you look at how the current government is treating its citizens.

‘There were so many elements we could include on the effigy, and it was interesting working out how these could be represented visually.’

Other contenders for the 2025 event included Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Andrew Tate, Baroness Michelle Mone and MP Angela Rayner.

The Prime Minister has been depicted as Guy Fawkes wearing a Capotain hat with a digital ID tucked into his belt poking fun at Sir Keir’s mandatory digital ID scheme in Kent today

Last year, Ticketmaster was unveiled as the effigy amid the outrage over dynamic pricing amid Oasis concert ticket sales

Previous personalities who became effigies in previous years included former PM Liz Truss

Former PM Boris Johnson was also an effigy during the bonfire night in 2018

Members of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society unveiled the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in 2023

US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has also been featured as an effigy by the Edenbridge Bonfire Society in 2016

‘Many of my friends are from the farming community and I know they will be delighted with who we have chosen this year,’ said Reece Hook, another effigy creator.

Edenbridge Bonfire Society has been celebrating Bonfire Night for nearly a century but began the tradition of burning giant effigies in the mid-1990s.

Sir Winston Churchill is one of several famous figures to have opened the Kent town’s Bonfire Night celebrations.

This year more than 500 people are expected to take part in the torchlit parade through Edenbridge High Street.