Originally Posted by
buoy15
Today in 1647 Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas
In 1653 he banned Parliament and declared himself as Lord Protector because he was getting really fed up with corrupt institutions, both royal and political, and was then obliged to sort out Charles 1
He established what we think today as a democracy
You may well say that buoy, the only comment I would make is that he had a Standing Army, we don't. Along with the other Armed Forces, the Army is effectively 'renewed' every year by Parliament to protect us from a latter day 'Lord Protector', and his own very special kind of "democracy"
