An effigy of Alex Salmond was set alight at a bonfire parade last night - despite claims it had been blocked by police - and EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso is next. Proposals to burn the Scottish First Minister in Lewes, East Sussex, sparked outrage and a complaint was made to police - but pictures emerged online today showing one of the models at the centre of a fireworks display. One effigy had the politician standing at 16ft tall and holding a sign reading '45%', which refers to the proportion of Scottish people who voted for independence from the UK in September, while the Loch Ness Monster peers over his shoulder.
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Sussex Police tweeted burning was not going ahead after they had received a complaint
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Bonfire night celebrations held in Lewes, East Sussex, are thought to be the largest in the world
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Effigy of Mr Salmond held a 45% panel in a jibe over the result of the Scottish independence referendum
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Angry Scots took to social media to vent their anger at  attack on everyone who voted in favour of independence
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Previous burned effigies include Osama bin Laden, Bashar al-Assad, various popes and Angela Merkel
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Tradition hundreds of years old sees flaming tar barrels carried on the shoulders in Devon town of  Ottery St Mary
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