The Navy under Cromwell was quite a force, but the existing Navy was considered to be suspect of Royalist sympathies. Cromwell recognised this, but also that he needed their maritime expertise to fig… (View Post)

But, but, "gold plated pensions" ... (View Post)

Though with much reduced power, with no question of the Monarch having Divine Right etc. Hence the Stuarts being chucked out in 1688. A typical British compromise. Though possibly the comment was a a… (View Post)

I would be very reluctant to set any competency test on the right to vote, literacy and similar tests were widely abused to deny African-americans and other groups the vote in the past. https://en.wi… (View Post)

Where's Wally now? (View Post)