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Police are investigating a complaint about effigies of Alex Salmond which were due to have been burnt at bonfire celebrations in an English town.
The two effigies of the Scottish first minister were withdrawn from the celebrations in Lewes after a storm of protest on social media.
A Sussex Police statement said: "We are aware of the portrayal of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond as an effigy at the 2014 Lewes Bonfire event and acknowledge that concerns have been raised.
"Whilst 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."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29921797
The two effigies of the Scottish first minister were withdrawn from the celebrations in Lewes after a storm of protest on social media.
A Sussex Police statement said: "We are aware of the portrayal of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond as an effigy at the 2014 Lewes Bonfire event and acknowledge that concerns have been raised.
"Whilst 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."
"Jesus wept"
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29921797
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That's a shame. I like smoked salmond.
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Yes, Jesus wept. There must be more effigies of him than the next 100 contenders combined.
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Lewes. No more!
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No word about the burning on the Barroso (or is it Barosso) effigy in Kent then?
30 feet high apparently. |
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Lewes is incredible. Worth a visit. So many Bonfire societies all with their own procession and bonfire. Through the town it's a like a war zone with the amount of noise.
40k there last night. 'Cliffe' is one the best societies. Their effigy was Putin on a tank and of course the Pope. It's all very illegal but the Old Bill turn a blind eye. The effigies are full of fireworks so highly explosive as they come through the town centre. With so many bangers being let off, fires burnt along the way, it's very dangerous. I think 50 needed hospital treatment this year. Imagine if that happened at a footy match... |
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I thought the OP said Salman effigies!
Has he still got a bounty on his head or has it moved to that Danish cartoonist. |
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Or was it a Crunchie?
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They should just have molested young white schoolkids and plod would not bother their chough.
Glad to see they are on the case for the serious issues like this and yaya toure being tormented on twitter, What a feckin **** of a place this cuntry has become. |
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'The second model portrayed a topless Mr Salmond wearing a kilt and sitting on a bucket of North Sea oil'.
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And Alex would laugh at it,quite right too.
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