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Ed once joined a Countryside Alliance protest and Kailas marched for the National Socialist party when he was 16.

鈥淚 joined because a nice man canvassed me outside the library,鈥� says Kailas. 鈥淏ut my parents made me quit. They were pro-violence, anti-government. In fact, they were pretty much anti-everything.鈥� He laughs into his beer, then throws me a side glance. 鈥淚 wouldn鈥檛 do it again.鈥�

Ed鈥檚 still proud of his activist antics, though. 鈥淚鈥檝e got a lot of farmer friends and I don鈥檛 like it how the townies and the liberals try to tell country folk what to do.

鈥淲hat made me most angry was that it鈥檚 such a small issue. It鈥檚 one fox getting killed in about a year. What about schools?鈥�

That鈥檚 what I call passion. Pretty impressive for a commercial architecture firm. Then again, if you frequent the bohemian bars of Shoreditch, you are obliged to show you care about 鈥渢he issues鈥�.

And Ed鈥檚 not just into rural affairs. He leads an environmentalist group at the firm that wants to recycle buildings. They could probably show last week鈥檚 airport Swampies a thing or two. 鈥淥ur aim is to recycle as much of the building as possible when it鈥檚 being demolished,鈥� says Kailas.

Meanwhile, Louise is trying to do her bit on carbon emissions.

鈥淚 went to Corsica on holiday by train and boat this year. The emissions from a train are just a 10th of those from a plane.鈥�

But what do they think about people trying to bully the nation into their way of thinking?

鈥淭he protesters mean well and they obviously have a passion for it,鈥� says Louise. 鈥淏ut there鈥檚 always those who push it too far.鈥�

鈥淏ut what can we do about it?鈥� Matthew rages. 鈥淲hen was the last time I got on a plane? Five years ago.鈥�

鈥淲hy鈥檚 that? You can鈥檛 afford it?鈥� someone interjects.

鈥淣o, it鈥檚 because I鈥檓 always working here,鈥� he retorts.

The revolutionaries are locking horns. I buy another round and Ed tries to move on the conversation. 鈥淢ost people think on a selfish basis,鈥� he says. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got to have laws to make them do things.鈥�

Kailas disagrees: 鈥淲e鈥檒l do it anyway because saving the environment is selfish 鈥� it鈥檚 for our kids.鈥�

鈥淚nheritance tax will leave them with nothing,鈥� groans Matthew. 鈥淎ll they鈥檒l have left is the house and that鈥檒l float away when the sea levels rise.鈥�

It鈥檚 all getting too much.

Matthew and I step outside for a smoke. Both of us are relieved. It was enough revolutionising for one day.