Gut Fawkes – Explosives Specialist.

Looking at the rabble we have allegedly running my country at the moment; I say ‘come back Guy Fawkes, all is forgiven’. This weekend is the nearest to November 5th when the British celebrate Bonfire night, which goes back to its origin in 1605. Mark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant King James I of England and VI of Scotland and replace him with a Catholic head of state. In the immediate aftermath of the 5 November arrest of Guy Fawkes, caught guarding a cache of explosives placed beneath the House of Lords, James’s Council allowed the public to celebrate the king’s survival with bonfires, so long as they were “without any danger or disorder”. This made 1605 the first year the plot’s failure was celebrated. I think there is a different view today; many would welcome a new Guy Fawkes if it meant that the current shambles of an alleged democratic Parliament was dissolved.

Like all good plots; this one starts in a pub !

In a few days it will be the 5^th on November – or as it better commonly known in the UK, ‘Bonfire Night’.

In 1604 a plot was made to blow up the houses of parliament, the King, and al those within

On 5^th November 1605 at the very last stages of the gunpowder plot, Guido Fawkes, or Guy Fawkes as he is more commonly know, was an English explosive expert who had previously been fighting in Spain. He was captured with all the barrels of gunpowder under the House of Lords. He was tortured in the Tower of London – confessed the names of the other plotters under torture; who were quickly all caught and suffered terrible executions as you can see in one videos.

Bonfire night is still celebrated here today, many centuries later.

We have a poem which says:

Remember, remember, the 5th of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason

Why gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.

And it is not.

With the current political system here, many say we desperately need another Guy Fawkes.

I will let the videos tell you the rest.

Regards Mark

Conspirators ? – or heroes to many (me included).