
Listen to Sir Ferdinand Mount speaking about his latest book on leaders called Big Caesars and Little Caesars
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The History of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell smashed up Parliament six times, every time there was a hostile majority he came in and closed it down. He referred to Magna Carta as Magna Fata and the tradition of right is the petition of Scheit. Boris Johnson repeatedly set out to discredit Theresa May's deal with the EU by describing her method as like polishing a turd. Public officers who do their duty as they did in Arizona or in Georgia can stop him in his tracks. So contour MPs for the conscience.
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