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S8 Ep233: PREVIEW STARMER COMPARED TO CROMWELL AS MONARCHY FACES THREATS Colleague Gregory Copley. Gregory Copley analyzes the tension between the British King and Parliament, comparing politician Keir Starmer to Oliver Cromwell. Copley suggests Starmer aims to dis

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW STARMER COMPARED TO CROMWELL AS MONARCHY FACES THREATS Colleague Gregory Copley. Gregory Copley analyzes the tension between the British King and Parliament, comparing politician Keir Starmer to Oliver Cromwell. Copley suggests Starmer aims to dismantle the monarchy, while the King must carefully navigate these threats, retaining reserve powers as Commander-in-Chief to prevent civil unrest or stagnation caused by parliamentary taxation.
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0:23.3

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0:28.3

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0:32.2

This is John Batchel.

0:35.9

Speaking with my colleague Gregory Copley about the pressure on the king,

0:38.0

which increases each week that there's failure of leadership in Parliament. It's Christmas time. God blesses every one time with Charles

0:44.5

Dickens' thoughts in Britain. But once the New Year rolls around, we'll be back to the same

0:49.7

struggle between the king looking to establish the authority of the heritage of Great Britain

0:58.4

and the parliament looking to treat the people as a piggy bank

1:03.2

as something you can endlessly tax in order to hand money out to people who are not productive

1:10.2

or are not as productive as

1:12.3

those you're taxing. That is a formula that leads to stagnation, which is where Britain looks to

1:18.9

be these last years. However, Gregory measures that there is a way forward and the king is leading.

1:28.4

Will it be enough or no?

1:31.0

Mother Britain is having a rough winter,

1:33.6

while its colonies in America are enjoying.

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