Oliver Cromwells plump. This week saw the 380th anniversary of the battle of Marston Moor. Oliver Cromwell delivered the tactical move that secured victory on the day for Parliament and the Covenanters. Ultimately the King was defeated.
Then it all went wrong as the parliamentarians fell out which led to the first and only British republic. Oliver Cromwell ruthlessly crushed opposition in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland to become a dictator- a role he saw as the only solution to the continuing chaos.
The glorious revolution followed his death and since then we have had both a monarchy and a parliament. It kind of works.
Today we can vote because many people down the years have fought, suffered and died to preserve that right for us.
The Wargaming Erratic 