The War on the King

Oliver cromwell was still up in the north mopping up royalist dead enders. A lot of people believed he was intentionally staying away so he didn't have to come down one way or the other. But by mid november, the political mood in the army shifted decisively toward action. The commons accepted the remonstrance and then promptly tabled discussion of it for a week. On december third, the commons met for 24 straight hours debating what to do with the king. In the end they voted to continue treating with the king, fully aware that it was political suicide.