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An 11-metre-high
(36 feet) model of the Republican U.S. presidential candidate
was burned at a fireworks display in the town of Edenbridge, 30
miles (50 km) south of London.
The sculpture showed Trump, complete with his trademark mop of
hair, holding his Democratic rival for the White House, Hilary
Clinton, in a headlock, and sporting a pair of Mexico-themed
boxer shorts.
"I think he would be quietly amused," artist Frank Shepherd said
of his muse.
Britain celebrates the failed attempt to blow up the Houses of
Parliament in 1605 by letting off fireworks and lighting
bonfires with an effigy of the "Gunpowder Plot" leader Guy
Fawkes on top.
The celebrations in Edenbridge also feature effigies of
unpopular celebrities and in the past have included former FIFA
president Sepp Blatter, former Prime Minister Tony Blair,
deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and disgraced American
cyclist Lance Armstrong.
Other contenders for this year's choice included Philip Green,
the billionaire former owner of failed retail chain BHS who is
under pressure to resolve the firm's pension problems, and Sam
Allardyce who quit as England soccer manager in September, after
one game in charge, after a newspaper sting.
Effigies of Trump, including one of him sitting atop a Mexican
border control wall, were also due to go up in smoke on Saturday
at a fireworks display in the town of Lewes, 60 miles south of
London.
(Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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