Today (January 30th, 2022), 373 years ago in 1649, King Charles I is executed on a black draped scaffold in front of the Banqueting House of the Palace of White Hall. Purpose built as a stage for the end of the Monarchy and the ascendency of the Rump Oligarchy and eventually the Cromwellian Tyranny.

“In former days, when wars arose from individual causes, from the policy of a Minister or the passion of a King, when they were fought by small regular armies of professional soldiers, and when their course was retarded by the difficulties of communication and supply, and often suspended by the wint

“Democracy could not last, for despotism lies at the door; when the tyranny of the majority leads to chaos, society will submit to rule by the sword” “A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction.” “The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness, which