The Dissolution of Parliament

The Commons asserted their right to speak as they wished of what they wished, and to be free of coercion by Crown or Government. It was one of the many baby steps that went towards the making of the modern constitution we now work under. James' head exploded. He immediately dissolved Parliament. On the 30th of December, his outrage, still burning bright, he had the protestation torn out of the Commons Journal. Edward Cook was thrown into the tower, into a room that once been a kitchen,. funnily enough, so some wag had dorbed the walls with the line - there's always room for a cheeky-chappy somewhere. Interestingly, an MP called John P