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Penny for the Guy – An Old English Tradition 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 In the days leading up to Bonfire Night, children across England would stand outside shops and on street corners shouting, "Penny for the Guy!" Using old clothes stuffed with newspapers, rags or straw, they'd make an effigy of Guy Fawkes, usually with an old hat and a homemade face. The Guy would be propped against a wall or pushed around in a pram or wheelbarrow while children collected pennies from passers-by. The money was usually spent on sweets, fireworks or other treats. On Bonfire Night, the Guy would traditionally be thrown onto the bonfire and burned to mark the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The custom was still common in many parts of England during the 1980s and 1990s, but has since largely disappeared. For generations of English children, it was simply part of growing up.

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So let me get this right. You work, pay tax on your wages, then try to put a bit aside for a rainy day. From April 2027 the tax on your savings interest goes up from 20% to 24%. Why should we be taxed twice for doing the sensible thing? They punish savers, then wonder why nobody can get ahead. Make that make sense.