UK police probe 鈥榬acist鈥 bonfire plot
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POLICE in southern England are investigating allegations of racism in relation to a community’s plans to burn an effigy of defeated Scottish nationalist leader Alex Salmond at a bonfire night celebration.
Salmond, who spearheaded a campaign for independence, is stepping down as Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party after 55 percent of Scots voted to remain part of the United Kingdom in a referendum held on September 18.
Many members of the public took to social media to express their outrage after pictures showed two effigies of Salmond, which were due to be burned in the town of Lewes as part of its annual November 5 celebrations to commemorate the 1605 “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the English parliament.
“While we accept there is a long tradition of creating effigies of high-profile individuals in politics, sport, the media, etc, a complaint has nevertheless been received and will be investigated,” Police said.
One of the effigies depicted Salmond in a kilt with a Union Flag around his neck while the other showed him with a Loch Ness Monster over his shoulder and holding a sign with 45 percent on it, a reference to the proportion of voters who backed independence. While the police said the effigies had been withdrawn, local media reported yesterday that one was in fact blown up as the centerpiece of a fireworks display.
Lewes is well known for its bonfire night effigies and in previous years has set alight depictions of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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