Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10975360-20140317155128/@comment-32656-20140319095706

Could not be more wrong, Sam. Like normal, lol. Love to know who taught you a lot of these things, as they simply have no facts to them.

Cromwell was unquestionably in charge, answering to no one. There is nothing "reluctant" about it.

He refused the Crown because he no longer believed in monarchy. Got nothing to do with his "conscience." And Parliament was powerless during that period.

No, Cromwell did not want it to be ruled like that. No factual basis to make that claim.

Fleetwood did not want the position. Monck's troops outnumbered any in England, and Fleetwood himself was on he verge of going over to the King at the end - just debated a few days too long.

The identity of the successor is more or less irrelevant. Only Cromwell had the support in government and the army to maintain control, and it was shown very, very rapidly after his death that this was the case. One-man dictatorship, and a clear and obvious example of one.