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'The dullest and most stupid place on earth . . .' Charles Dickens in Suffolk ...

19.05.12

In fact, what was happening was probably a great deal worse than he was describing, with people being given lots of alcohol and then being taken to vote, and told to point where they wanted their mark to go. and people being paid to vote for a... It’s not anything to do with what Dickens reveals – no-one actually knew he was talking about Sudbury – but what he describes at Eatanswill is what was actually happening. Suffolk historian and lecturer Clive Paine, a Dickens enthusiast, says it appears the author used his observations to help describe the corrupt Eatanswill election. Dickens’ description of the election is vindicated in the 1840s when Sudbury is disenfranchised as a named seat, because of its bribery and corruption. “Sudbury got the reputation as one of the most corrupt electoral places in the country.

Source: East Anglian Daily Times