{"id":97862,"date":"2018-09-14T22:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-lewes-east-sussex-once-a-hotbed-of-radicalism\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T23:04:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T16:04:38","slug":"lets-move-to-lewes-east-sussex-once-a-hotbed-of-radicalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-lewes-east-sussex-once-a-hotbed-of-radicalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Lewes, East Sussex: \u2018Once a hotbed of radicalism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s calmed down since Thomas Paine\u2019s day, but revolution may still comeWhat\u2019s going for it? Once upon a time, Lewes was a hotbed of feverish radicalism. That time was 1772, when the town\u2019s excise officer, one Thomas Paine, had had quite ENOUGH, thank you very much. So cheesed off at work were Tom and his colleagues, he published The Case Of The Officers Of Excise, a plea for better working conditions and salaries, and a more select variety of biscuits in the staff room. Paine and his pals concocted their shocking thoughts over a few pints in the White Hart Hotel, in what they called the Headstrong Club. Needless to say they fell on deaf ears, and two years later Paine was off to America \u2013 more fertile ground for revolt, perhaps, than Sussex \u2013 to inspire the American and French revolutions. As you do.These days, Lewes\u2019s politics are slightly less convulsive. The town is so pretty, old and curious \u2013 all tile-hung cottages with the whiff of hops on the air from Harvey\u2019s Brewery \u2013 it could be an exhibit on Antiques Roadshow. But don\u2019t be fooled. The town is full of Marxist lecturers from Sussex University. They like to burn effigies of David Cameron at their famous\/infamous Bonfire bight. The Headstrong Club has been revived. And they still print Tom Paine\u2019s scorching pamphlets at a press on the High Street. The revolution may still come. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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