American Reacts The Crazy History Behind Bonfire Night In England

[@auldfouter8661]

Guy Fawkes night isn't a demonstration in favour of him , it's a celebration of his failure.

[@davidrenton]

exactly , don't know about Lewes , but yep you are right, what a weird takeaway that video had

[@lilyliz3071]

Exactly , changing the narrative to suit here

[@auldfouter8661]

@@davidrenton Well they banged on about an oppressive Protestant government as if " Bloody" Mary's reign never happened. The majority didn't want a Catholic monarch back , and still didn't 80 odd years later.

[@kevanwillis4571]

He is not 'honoured as a fearless rebel'. It is a celebration of his failure.

[@MeganSmith-xx2ih]

Uh, I don't know.......!😂

[@MikeChannon]

As others have already said, this video calls it a celebration of Guy Fawkes but it is the exact opposite; it's a celebration of his failure... which is why his effigy is burned on a bonfire.

[@jeanbicknell7887]

We do not celebrate Guy Fawkes the man and what he planned to do, we celebrate that he failed in his plans.

[@speleokeir]

Well traditionally, however as the years have gone by a lot of people have a tongue-in-cheek reaction that it's a shame he failed due to many people's feelings towards politicians. Hence the popular quote that "Guy Fawkes was the only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions."

[@matt-fh6hb]

@@speleokeir fair enough. Now explain to them that if he had succeeded many innocent children and women who were in the area would have been killed, people murdered for a political aim from a minority of society trying to overthrow democracy. Then when they realise children were going to die, ask them again, do we really céntrate the planned terrorist act? And anyone with any moral fibre will realise, no, no we don’t.

[@stevenburgess2856]

Bonfire Night isn't a holiday - it's just a celebration of sorts.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

Take this video with a large pinch of salt.

[@mikecaine3643]

The narrator is American - of course he got it wrong !

[@nickwhite7476]

The Lewes tradition may take a different spin on it but for the majority the 5th November is not a celebration of Guy Faulks rather a celebration of his defeat.I think the report took the opinion of the Lewes event as an reflection of the whole event which I think is wide of the mark

[@Shoomer1988]

Lewes is so untypical of the average Guy Fawkes night it might as well be about something else.

[@susangarvey9415]

It is!

[@Shoomer1988]

@@susangarvey9415 It's nothing like it but thanks for playing.

[@claregale9011]

Little fun fact for you connor , Yeoman warders at the Tower of london still do a search of the cellars before every state opening of Parliament, it's purely ceremonial these days but a great tradition that still goes on to this day . 😊

[@MrBulky992]

You are confusing the Tower of London with the Palace of Westminster! The Yeomen of the Guard are the ones who do the search of the cellars of the House of Lords in procession carrying lanterns before the State Opening which takes place at Westminster, not the Tower which is nowhere near there. The Yeomen Warders are also a different body although their dress is very similar. They take part in the Ceremony of the Keys each evening at the Tower.

[@claregale9011]

​@@MrBulky992 Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't sure if it was yeoman guard or warders yes I know the search is not of the Tower , unlike others I don't scroll searches I just pick out of my own memories and get typing maybe I'll start Google I future 😊

[@gh5363]

Uh, what a complete misreading of the commemoration. Guy Fawkes isn’t “celebrated”. His effigy is literally burned at the stake every year. It’s a celebration of his arrest for a failed attempt to blow up our parliament.

[@MrBrianholding]

Couple of nitpicks with the video. Fawkes wasn't the ringleader, he was put in charge of the gunpowder because he was an experienced soldier. The letter was sent to a catholic lord to warn him specifically, but he let the authorities know. I don't know which dressing up box they got James I 's outfit from

[@gloryguyful]

Guy Fawkes isnt celebrated he's villified

[@08shunter]

A highly Americanised version of the historical facts. Would have been better if you reacted to a British version Connor.

[@THX_1138]

Agreed. The ridiculously bombastic soundtrack made it even worse.

[@Jinty92]

Remember, remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!

[@coling3957]

This video doesn't make sense ( the one being reacted to). Fawkes did not hatch any plans. He was a mercenary. A group of young catholic noblemen hatched the plot. They colluded with Spain. They were traitors and terrorists. Fawkes was the terrorist who'd light the fuses. If successful the blast could have killed the Royal family, the members of parliament and possibly hundreds of innocent ppl attending state opening. Their half-baked plot was supposed to trigger an uprising and possible invasion by Spain. British ppl are not "celebrating" Fawkes, they are celebrating the thwarting of the terrorist plot. Fawkes and the pope are burned in effigy. ( Though more recently the pope is spared burning in most of UK ) Idk what that guy in Lewes was talking about. He doesn't seem to understand why bonfire night celebrated ..

[@jasonshenton7680]

He wasn't even the leader!

[@jonathancauldwell9822]

Indeed, that was Robert Catesby.

[@juliajoyce4535]

It was Guy Fawkes' signature after torture that was faint and barely legible, indicating that he was badly damaged and had been tortured:

[@claregale9011]

Interigated , in those days a torture warrant had to be issued so it was all legal .

[@watcherzero5256]

As the Americans would call it 'Enhanced Interrogation'.

[@anniemoore6455]

NOT A DEMONSTRATION! a lot of this video is wishful thinking

[@babalonkie]

_"Remember, Remember, the 5th of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot."_

[@jedworthy]

I see no reason, why gunpowder season, should ever be forgot 😊

[@danielderozarieux8832]

I live 10 miles away from Lewes. It’s unbelievable. Train stations are closed as it’s so manic that they need significant crowd control. Amazing effort that they put on

[@krissie8393]

0:41 lol it's a celebration of his failure not that he gave it a go we wouldn't be burning him on a bonfire if we were celebrating him for having a go lol i bet he got alot of comments on his video :)

[@crimson6666]

Not a good history video

[@FreethoughtsOnline]

Guy Fawkes, the only man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions..

[@matt-fh6hb]

Honourable? A religious minority group trying to make an explosion so large that a large section of London would be destroyed, killing innocent women and children to overthrow democracy. Now think about that in the modern context, if a minority Islamist terrorist group planned to do the same today you would be rightly up in arms. Perhaps you just don’t understand history? Or perhaps you think murdering politicians and innocent bystanders is ok? Weird take.

[@artrandy]

I suppose its obvious why American reactors find solace with other Americans releasing videos about British history and culture, despite not being qualified to do so. They are used to tv style over exaggeration and hype, just in the way that Americans record their own early history and teach it in schools. They're comfortable with this style, and would probably be bored with a more reasoned presentation, which I suspect you'd get from a British based video, and someone who knew their subject. Yet this story is dynamite by itself, it doesn't need every little subtle nuance squeezed out of it, and replaced with razzmatazz and sensationalism. I couldn't reach the end, I found the original source unwatchable.........

[@joannedwyer-bc5py]

My stepdad use to have a massive bonfire in our back garden either fireworks. Them were tge days with going round with a guy fawkes in a wheel barrow shouting penny for the guy as kids 😅

[@cireenasimcox1081]

Connor, I'm not patronising but please, please, go & find out a little more about The Babington Plot. You'll find it a bit of a surprise. Seriously, people get the impression that Faulks was the master mind, or even part of the plot from the beginning. The whole (political) plot had taken a long time and was hatched by noblemen. Faulks was only brought in once the plot had been planned. When they'd realised none of them had any idea of how to handle explosives.🤭 It's not really thought that Guy Faulks "was willing to die" in the process - it never occurred to him that he would. He'd been a soldier who was known for his unmatched expertise with blowing things up. He had a bit of a chip on his shoulder. And he was generously paid for it. But hey, we all love an excuse for having a bonfire, don't we? Something rather primitive in it - we've danced & yelled around fires for millenia. It's our annual chance to celebrate a little bit of anarchy? But I really think you'll be able to pick up links between things - or people - you do know about. You're doing phenomenally well at connecting events & people in place. I think you'd be interested in the Babington Plot. (Even though their punishment was pretty horrific.)

[@stuarthumphrey1787]

You're right about the signature. As he was initially put on a rack, he was tortured until his bones in legs and arms were dislocated. Thus the wonky signature

[@theblackdouglas3253]

The phrase you were looking for is, 'One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter'.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

According to Evan Edinger (Dual American / British citizen, born in New Jersey, living in England, YT Reactor / Video Presenter) "a terrorist" is equivalent to "row houses in the US" ...because he cannot (easily) pronounce 'terrace/ terraced houses'....🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (Ha ha?!!🤔)

[@speleokeir]

Never trust videos about Britian made by an American - They tend to be as historically accurate as the average Hollywood film so take this video with a large pinch of salt. Also whilst the Lewes tradition is very impressive it's not typical of bonfire night around the county. It's very much it's own thing.

[@christinemarshall1366]

Or a accurate as Hollywood movies depicting the Yanks winning WW2 single-handedly!

[@nocturnal2148]

I feel I know slightly less about bonfire night than I did before this video now.

[@ian757]

The video is getting it wrong maybe apart from in Lewes, we burn Guy Fawkes every year - we don’t celebrate him. We celebrate that the poor failed.

[@rachelpenny5165]

In Ottery St Mary's people from the town carry burning tar barrels. I saw it years ago when I was a child, it wasn't so crowded then, but it was fun. We just had to keep out of the way of the person carrying the burning tar barrel

[@MichaelLamming]

You are correct about the signature on the confession. Guy Fawks signature was hardly readable because he had his arms pulled out of their sockets on the rack.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

Er?... Guy Fawkes is NOT celebrated on 5th Nov. What's actually being celebrated is the anniversary of the foiling of the plot that he and his associates hatched to blow up parliament while it was actually in full session ("Crown, Lords and Commons assembled") and with King James I and VI present too. Hence the famous rhyme, of which right up to the later C20th (say, the 1960s and '70s, when I was a boy), virtually all British youngsters still knew at least the first three lines.. "Remember, remember, The 5th of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot...."

[@austinlondon3710]

Connar, the man they are interviewing in the blue and white stripped top. Does not know what he’s talking about. Firstly, Bonfire Night, is NOT a “celebration” of Guy Fowlkes. It is a “celebration” of him FAILING to blow up Parliament. Secondly, fire are NOT used to celebrate what you have happened is he hadn’t of been caught”, fireworks are simply used as an ENTERTAINMENT. Bonfire Night, was used to supplant the pagan festivals of Samhain, which is celebrated from 31st October to 1st November. Samhain marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and it is considered one of the most important festivals in the pagan calendar. James I, who was Head of the protestant Church in England and Scotland, sought to replace the Samhain ‘pagan’ festival, with a Protestant ‘Christian’ festival. The Gunpowder Plot on the 5th of November was sufficiently near to Samhain to enable him to do this. Over time, Bonfire Night, replaced the Samhain ‘pagan’ festival, as the main Winter festival in the UK. Especially because of the huge bonfires, and later the often extravagant and huge fireworks displays. After 400 years, there are few people who even know about the Samhain ‘pagan’ festival. Bonfire Night today, is really an organised event, where parents take their children to watch huge foreword displays. Although there is still a tradition of making a small Bonfire at home, and cooking jacket potatoes in aluminium food in the hot ashes, food sellers selling hot Chestnut cooked over coals, and party games like Bobbing for Apples in a Boil of water (trying to catch a floating apple with your mouth in a bowl of cold water), and other party games.

[@billyo54]

You're mixing bonfire night with Halloween which is the festival of Samhain.

[@kevinjoiner5357]

The gunpowder plot was a group of Catholics who wanted to bring England back to the "old religion" i.e. Catholicism. It would have had the support of Spain and would have led to the persecution of protestants on a scale akin to what was being imposed by the inquisition. Spain did eventually withdrew their support in favour of a treaty with England in the geopolitics of European monarchs.

[@fullfacility]

An almost comic, cartoon version of the actual event and it's subsequent remembrance. Don't take this version seriously.

[@watcherzero5256]

The amusing thing was the fellow conspirators rode from town to town claiming success and trying to incite a general rebellion not knowing that the attack had failed, they only managed to find 40 supporters for their rebellion and ended up blowing themselves up by drying gunpowder in front of a fire.

[@claret6937]

Hi there, thought would mention that you might like to check out Bridgwater Carnival - held in the night - just to keep up the West Country side of things and of course the Ottery St Mary Barrel rolling!

[@kjdempsey]

Guy was a good guy

[@helenwood8482]

The letter was sent to a man who would be at Parliament, Lord Monteagle. The idea was not to prevent the plan, but to keep that Lord out of danger. Monteagle decided to tell the authorities.

[@Discobiscuit372]

I recently went to York in England and stood outside the church of St. Michael Le Belfrey where Guy Fawkes was baptised, it’s crazy to think that that baby would become one of England’s most notorious villains.

[@adamhinchliffe4979]

The celebration was originally to thank that the king wasn't killed. Today it is largely a bit of fun to light a bonfire and set off fireworks.

[@martins5827]

Some say he was the last sane Yorkshire man to go to the houses of Parliment

[@rancidrabbitspensley3475]

penny for the guy

[@leecollison7527]

Lewes is more about Guy Fawkes, it's also about 17 protestant martyrs burnt at the steak in Lewes by Queen (Bloody) Mary I in Lewes 50 years prior to the Gunpowder Plot.

[@flyingthicket5157]

If that one man had not sent that note, the king and the House would have been blown sky high - and the history of the whole world would have changed dramatically. Love alternate history timelines 😁😁

[@tonybaker55]

Robert Catesby was the leader, but he was killed in an attempt to capture him, when he went on the run after the failed attempt. There is no actual holiday on the 5th, everyone goes to work as usual.

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

As a child of the fifties we started collecting as much inflammable items in October including unwanted furniture and small Trees from a near by Dene, each street in our coal mining village would have their own bonfire and if left unattended other gangs of feral youths would steal your bonfire to add to their own, or set fire to it.

[@rubyreign3759]

This video takes something that's happens in a very small town and tries to apply it the whole nation the Lewes celebration is unique, and his whole summation of the plot sort of right but misses a sht ton of context and facts

[@jeffgraham6387]

Lewes is in Sussex where there are many bonfire societies.....it is the biggest celebration but other towns do really good ones too.....

[@helenwood8482]

American narrators always get it wrong. We celebrate the fact that he was prevented from committing a terrorist act that would have killed countless people. The tradition was started by the King he tried to kill.

[@greenjeangenie]

Traitor or freedom fighter depends on your view of Englands history. Those Catholic/ Protestant divisions have mostly healed but its good fgr our children to hear the story.

[@roberteatwell6827]

History American style, a bit of truth with a side order of of bull*hit.

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

Up until 1959 it was illegal "NOT" to celebrate the day. Only during WW2 it was not celebrated so as not to let German bombers identify Cities/Towns by all the bonfires/fireworks.

[@stephenmann7374]

I think what you were trying to say was that, one person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter.

[@paulkennedy6386]

As a kid we learned he tried to blow up parliament and failed, and that is why we have fireworks and bonfires etc. Nothing was taught about the motives. We used to stuff old closing and a mask/turnip as a head and put outside shops and ask "penny for the guy" when people passed and they would give us loose change !

[@robbpatterson6796]

Next year will be 420 years since the gunpowder plot...I'm going to be more smoky than ol' Guido himself

[@jacklomas7773]

Every brit understood 😅

[@vincereynard4890]

Anyone who deliberately lays out gunpowder in front of a spitting open fire had - definitely - got a few screws loose!

[@paulhollett7183]

The event in Lewes is very much a Catholic / Protestants thing from back in the day. There really is no other Bonfire Night quite like it anywhere else in the UK. It is a like a cross between the Wicker Man and the comedy League Of Gentlemen as regards the place. Guy Fawkes actually played a much more minor part in the planning of the destruction of Parliament. The history elements of the vid being reacted to is a tad light on the details and background re the religious tensions at the time.

[@anonhensen]

This reminds me. I need to watch V for Vendetta again.

[@ronmullard5718]

This shows what would have happened had the plot succeeded ....kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmLFY6pqfN11i5I

[@pathopewell1814]

I hate bonfire night for many reasons, one is the fact I am Catholic. Many other reasons but the fireworks are cruel to our pets. They are terrified by the loud bangs everywhere. As a child, my brothers would set 'jumping jacks' behind our heels, terrifying! I really do not understand this annual ritual. The cost of fireworks is astronomical, and large displays of bonfires are attended by ticket holders, at what cost?

[@ciaranmadden555]

Always loved Guy Fawkes night, but all the local councils here in NZ have stopped doing public fireworks shows over the past few years - replaced them all with maori and indian festivals, at least we can still have private fireworks

[@keithwarnes2784]

The activities in Lewes are a conflation of two separate events. The 17 burning crosses are carried in memory of protestant inhabitants of Lewes who were executed by being burned at the stake on the orders of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic zealot. One of the effigies on the bonfire is of the Pope who was head of the Catholic church at the time.

[@keithwarnes2784]

Oops, wrong Mary. Should read Mary 1st of England and Ireland. Also known as Bloody Mary.

[@JohnSmith-fr7js]

Guy Fawkes was not celebrated as some kind of hero where I come from, in fact all over England the people celebrate his failure by throwing his effigy onto the Bonfire. The American narrater seems to have applied "Hollywood History" to our celebration, he kept refering to the "unpopular protestant Government" when in fact the people were staunchly Protestant and anti-Catholic, the 17 fiery crosses carried during the parade are in memory of the 17 Protestant martyrs burned at the Stake by the Cathoilic Queen Mary. The references to modern effigys like Boris Johnson and other modern political figures are just sarcastic humour by some people, they are not there to represent political figures from the 17th century

[@catherinehumphries3382]

You should watch Micheal Hammonds reconstruction of what would have happened if it worked. It's called the 'Gun powder Plot'. It's an eye opener.

[@K1987-t5e]

Richard

[@cobwebsandcatnip]

Not everyone villifies Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night is sometimes seen as a representation of anarchy and freedom. It all depends on how posh you are 😅

[@kimwilson3863]

You might want to watch videos on English history from someone English lol, we do not celebrate Guy Fawkes as a hero, I don't know where this idea came from but probably it's an American take on it. The V fir Vendetta mask is a symbol oc anonymity not hero worship, hence why it is the symbol used for Anonymous on yt. We celebrate the failure of Fawkes plan and the saving of parliament and King. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@MrBulky992]

The leak's intention was very specific: it was to save the life of the leaking conspirator's brother-in-law, Lord Monteagle: it was to encourage him not to turn up on the day so he would not lose his life but without revealing the exact nature and extent of the plot. The letter was so naively hamfisted that it could not do anything but raise suspicions of something amiss.

[@elitet3359]

Guy Fawkes night or Bonfire night (you can call it either) is NOT a holiday in the UK. Years ago there were many bonfires throughout the country with an effigy of Guy Fawkes on the top with loads of fireworks. These days the bonfires are not seen as much but we do have fireworks on 5 November to celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes actions.

[@AndyLeMaitre]

Don't watch this Connor it's packed with misinformation.

[@alexanderf362]

Who knew the V for Vendetta, anonymous mask depicted Guy Fawkes? I did. Well you asked.

[@MaggieCookie]

Remember remember the fifth of November

[@Adam-kq2gf]

Hey Conner check out the burning of tar barrels at Ottery St Mary Devon you won’t be disappointed !! 👍

[@jane0206]

This year its OASIS going on the bonfire it's models of them i think its meant to be ticket master

[@heathereley9749]

There is evidence that the king's chief advisor and spy master, Robert Cecil, had prior knowledge of the plot and allowed it to play out as a way of forcing even harsher conditions on the catholics. One of the co-conspirators wrote to his cousin, Lord Monteagle, to warn him. Monteagle went straight to Cecil. Cecil then led the king by the nose to uncover the plot and allowed him to think it was all his own idea. James was, apparently, not that bright.

[@marcomarco6430]

Remember remember the fifth of november...the gunpowder plot

[@jonathancauldwell9822]

Simon Whistler did a more comprehensive telling of the history, although he mispronounced Guido Fawke's first name every time. It's pronounced Gee-doh.

[@watcherzero5256]

Its actually Guy-do, his name was Guy and he started calling himself Guido in the Netherlands to make it easier for foreigners to remember his English name. Its not connected to the Italian name Guido 'Gwi-do', or the Portuguese/Brazillian pronounciation 'gi-du'.

[@angelabushby1891]

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[@MrBrock-kp5te]

I am surprised that the USA doesn’t know more about Guy Fawkes and James 1 and the translation of the Bible and the Pilgrim Fathers…. all linked and all in the same reign.

[@LordRogerPovey]

King James I made it a law in 1605 that the celebration of the failure of Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament and it the celebration was compulsory until the law was repealed in 1859!

[@jonathangoll2918]

I'm not sympathetic with the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. The Roman Catholic Church was mainly a force for good until about 1200; after that it became corrupt and money-grubbing. A dynastic war ( the Wars of the Roses) in the fifteenth century was ended with difficulty when Henry VII (of Lancaster) married Elizabeth of York; but he only had two sons and two daughters, and one son died young. The other son became King Henry VIII. But Henry VIII desperately needed a son, for the stability of the kingdom. His wife, the Spanish princess Catharine of Aragon, reached the menopause with only a daughter, Mary; so Henry petitioned the Pope for an annulment, for which there were good technical grounds, since Henry had married his brother's widow without the proper dispensation. But the powerful European Habsburg clan, headed by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ( who was Catherine's nephew) wanted to take over England, marrying Mary to Charles's son Philip. They put pressure on the Pope to refuse the annulment, which would otherwise have been granted. So Henry VIII broke with Rome and divorced Catherine. Under his son by a later wife, Edward VI, the country became Protestant. But this was reversed by a vengeful Mary,who became Queen as Mary I. She put us English off Catholicism for centuries by executing nearly 300 ordinary people - by burning at the stake- for being Protestant. Elizabeth I put us back to Protestantism. But the then Pope declared Elizabeth I not to be Queen - indeed anybody could murder her. Thus being Roman Catholic became politically dangerous. This was made worse when Philip of Spain sent a huge fleet to invade England. (Which was defeated by a combination of Sir Francis Drake and the British weather...) Many Catholics were thus then the equivalent of Islamic terrorists today. James VI of Scots, descended from Henry VIII's sister, became James I of England in 1603. At first a bit sympathetic to the Catholics, he was put off when one of two conspiracies against him when he came to throne implicated Catholics. Many of the plotters came from Catholic families in my area, the West Midlands. The local population were uninterested in rebelling. They finally holed up in a nearby house, Holbeche House. (This is still there, and was until recently a care home.) There they tried to dry some wet gunpowder in front of a fire, which wasn't wise... Our monarch is still not permitted to be a Roman Catholic. Did you see, at the Coronation last year how he was still made to declare that the official religion of England was to be Protestant?

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

The idea behind it is a celebration of the plots failure , depending on your point of view one person's freedom fighter is another's terrorist . I don't think the person he interviewed was typical . It's firework fun for kids nowadays and mainly concentrated on big public displays . When we were kids it was more a family event and making a Guy from old clothes and newspaper and ' penny for the guy' outside shops and pubs .

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

I hate bonfire night its the worst day of the year. Fireworks near residential houses should be banned. My friends dog had to be put down because he went crazy with the noise and attacked them . Animals are petrified. it's insane to do this to our pets. We have the gaul to call ourselves an animal loving country.

[@ThePhantomMajor]

Straight in, a mistake. The SAVING of Parliament is celebrated. The 'state' religion is Anglicanism, a version of Protestantism. There was an abhorrence of Popery and the mystery workings of Roman Catholicism.

[@sbjchef]

It is the Monarchy reminding the Pope annually to stay out of the UK's business

[@IeatLefties]

I like Josh Gates.

[@chrislawley6801]

5 seconds in and 2 factual errors Guy Fauks was not the leader and did not instigate the plot. Please don't use US youtubers to try explain UK traditions

[@ct5625]

There are numerous references to Guy Fawkes in V For Vendetta. And most Brits really don't pay any attention to the history of the event, in the same way most Americans pay no attention to the history of Thanksgiving. For most of us it's a-holes all around. The king was a brutal despot who deserved to be overthrown, but the plot was led by religious fanatics who wanted to impose their own Christofascism on the nation. Neither side in that incident could be considered right or wrong in a modern context.

[@MrStephenLodge]

Gatsby organised it, Fawkes was merely the gunpowder expert brought in to the gang, In fact the first two statement made in the video were incorrect, so sadly I stopped watching it.

[@helenwood8482]

This is entirely wrong. Asking drunks in Lewes is daft. We hate Fawkes and his friends. The fireworks are a reminder of the horror of what he intended to do and the figures we burn are the people we despise, Fawkes, Trump, Boris Johnson.

[@ToddyWestropp]

Good luck with your election today. 💙

[@angelabushby1891]

Oh get things right,we do not celebrate him,we celebrate him been caught,why do you think we burn efferges of him on bonfires and fireworks represent the explosion that never happend,he was not the ring leader he was just one of 30 conspirators that was chosen to light the gunpowder.

[@angelabushby1891]

And he was born in the town of York and his house still stands.

[@vtbn53]

This video was total bullshit, but every one knows V for Vendetta was based on Guy Fawkes

[@K1987-t5e]

Celebrate his failure

[@petejones7878]

and people wonder why I am an atheist

[@paulhadfield7909]

yes we all know aobut the mask

[@JSandwich13]

I've never seen any effigy of guy fawkes when I've been at bonfires. Idk if it's where I live or what. I'm Scottish

[@Jinty92]

Me too, fellow Scot. (Glaswegian).

[@mattsmith5421]

Me neither I'm English, I think I saw 2 young people pushing one around in a pram in the 80s.

[@williamwhitty7243]

one of simon whistles chanals explanes it better