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there is, to say so is simply incorrect, it was not a one-man dictatorship

it was a dictatorship of the generals, Cromwell was a reluctant leader, his concious wouldnt allow himself to accept the crown, yet his parliament was unable to govern alone.

Cromwell wanted britain to be ruled by a parliament of saints, of pious puritain protestant members, like a roman senate in a sense, collective leadership

Cromwell's likely successor was charles fleetwood, a general and a strongman. Had he succeded Cromwell as protector then the protectorate would have been secure from royalist incursion.