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Last time then we heard about the progress of the Commonwealth outside the borders of

England and Wales in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.

For two and a half years of war, the Commonwealth had been pretty good on the military stuff,

preparing the Navy, getting close to winning the wars into Ireland and Scotland, but so far,

he does seem to have been pretty rubbish in building this brave new world the revolutionaries

had hoped for.

There had been limited social reforms, not none but limited.

There had been lots of divisive and intrusive moral reform.

There'd been no end to the high taxation on the soldiers of the man in the Clapham

Omni-card. And possibly worst of all, the lack of fresh elections made the

rump look suspiciously keen to keep themselves in power, however credible their fears that a new election

would bring back a bunch of monarchists or kill liberty of conscience.

Suspicion of the Rumpa's love of power was the consistent headline of many newsbooks.

They furiously accused the Rump of corruption of prolonging their power to that they could just fill their pockets

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