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The 5th of November is called Guy Fawkes Day in the UK (mostly England). This is the day when bonfires are lit with an effigy of Guy sitting on the top and zillions of pounds worth of fireworks are let off, causing immesurable pollution.
Guy Fawkes was one of a band of Catholic conspirators who plotted to blow up Parliament and King James I at the opening ceremony on 5 November 1605. They placed umpteen barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Parliament building, the Palace of Westminster. One of the conspirators warned a relative not to attend Parliament that day, so the plot was discovered the previous evening, with Guy Fawkes actually kipped down in the cellar, ready to do his deed.
The claim of the conspirators was that of religious intolerance. They were topped on 31 January 1606, after Guy Fawkes spilled the beans under torture and named the others.
Now, how does this fit in with 2004, some 399 years later? Well, maybe it would be quite a good idea to restore democracy in the UK, rather than a Blair dictatorship, by repeating Guy Fawkes plan and blowing up the Houses of Parliament during a full session.
Other nations please copy!
Guy Fawkes was one of a band of Catholic conspirators who plotted to blow up Parliament and King James I at the opening ceremony on 5 November 1605. They placed umpteen barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the Parliament building, the Palace of Westminster. One of the conspirators warned a relative not to attend Parliament that day, so the plot was discovered the previous evening, with Guy Fawkes actually kipped down in the cellar, ready to do his deed.
The claim of the conspirators was that of religious intolerance. They were topped on 31 January 1606, after Guy Fawkes spilled the beans under torture and named the others.
Now, how does this fit in with 2004, some 399 years later? Well, maybe it would be quite a good idea to restore democracy in the UK, rather than a Blair dictatorship, by repeating Guy Fawkes plan and blowing up the Houses of Parliament during a full session.
Other nations please copy!
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