@@hoodatdondar2664 he called them “Godless self-seeking ambitious tricksters.” The scene starts with them discussing how they can profit off their office. Today’s lot are much the same.
It was a good empire, the first and last of its kind. That 3/4 of the world speak English as a first or second language; that it is the language of international rescue, diplomacy, pilots and mariners alike, speaks volumes for it. That places like India did not revert to their feudal origins and that they still use the British model of civil service is tribute to an organisational skill. They went wrong occasionally but did in fact beggar the nation to end slavery and spent the lives of thousands of sailors and marines to prevent it. So we USED to be a self correcting , generally benign empire -all things are relative- but now we are under the influence of Soros and the wankers that follow his ideas. The woke brigade in all its hypocritical finery decries us but they are truly FUBAR as my American brothers used to say on active duty.
Funny because Cromwell badly wanted Britain to become a great empire. Cromwell had only two favourite books: the bible and another book written by Sir Walter Raleigh which talked about Britain one day becoming a great empire. Cromwell said that he wanted to make “Englishman as much honoured as ever that of Roman had been.”
"I say if we in Parliament can't gain from ruling the country, then there is very little point in our being here at all". Sadly that is a line that could be said by so many in parliaments, senates, councils etc around the world from then until the present day.
Alexander Hamilton ultimately resigned from being Secretary of the Treasury because he could make more in the private sector as a lawyer. When his French counterpart heard this, he effectively replied, "You're doing it wrong."
@@ShadowOfCicero Yeeeah, you're not stealing the people money for your own personal gain without giving anything in return! (I know what you mean, I'm just stating a truth)
Except at the various lodges of the Free stonecutters. Who masterminded the English Revolution. And who today likewise tell you that your elected governments are scoms so you will take them down. So something worse than Cromwell becomes your king. The antichrist. And then you cry home to momma. But there will be no one to help you against the stonecutters and their malevolent king, the beast.
Cromwell: It's called personal growth. When my army defeated yours and then we asked if you would remain as a constitutional king...you conspired with outside nations to return by force. You refused to change based on the new context. When parliament proved unable to enforce my vision of governance...I decided to remove Parliament. Of course, in the end...it cost me my head. So...are your ashes telling my ashes, "See, I told you so..."?
@@deVeresd.Kfz.1515 dude I can’t believe you just said catholic countries were axis and allied nations were Protestant. Germany was split between Catholic and Protestant and the government was forcing atheistic “for the fatherland” propaganda down everyone’s throat. 1/5th of the US is Catholic and France was entirely Catholic. So was Poland. Germany marched into Poland and slaughtered Catholic priests. Germany was against Russia not because they were orthodox, but because they were the strongest military to the east of them. France and England had the strongest militaries to the west. WW2 didn’t start because of which countries were of any certain religion, it started because Germany wanted to take over all of Europe, both Catholic and Protestant countries, and allied themselves with the best nations to help them achieve that goal(Romania, Italy, Japan).
Both parties are so utterly obnoxious with how they toy with the entire nation; we move hard left under democrats and slowly cement ourselves into left wing statism under the republicans
@@flopus7 Considering this is a film about the English parliament, he's probably talking about the British parliament now. Here we have some "independent" committee that always votes to increase MP pay no matter the state of wages, the economy etc.
@@TerryTateOfficeLinebacker760 This is one of the dumbest comments I've seen trying to dissect anything about American politics I've seen. To even attempt to refer to the US as a left wing country is a fantasy. Both parties represent two sides of the same right-wing coin that favors the donor class above every other person and the media is in bed with each party manufacturing consent for the bullshit bills they pass that favor the wealthy. Ever find it odd how literally every bill is framed as a "tax increase" or a "tax cut" by the media, with no explanations going into what this means? Cut sounds good for you, when you never see it, and if they went into detail about what was in a tax cut you'd realize it (but they don't want that obviously, they themselves are a billion dollar corporation). But sure, pretend this is some socialist paradise. We don't even have fucking healthcare lmao.
Richard became Protector as Oliver's sudden death caused serious issues. No one could think of any better. Oliver was the only man who held the commonwealth together with a brooding model army.
@@owenb8636, mostly starting to understand that his 'friends' in Parliament didn't really ascribe to all the ideals they claimed when they ousted the King.
@@owenb8636 Remember, tyranny is subjective. A man would call a government that prevents himself from doing as he pleases tyrannical but depending on the desire it might be our best option.
wrong, they both dissolved Parliament but for completely different reasons. The King dissolved Parliament because they would not support his tyranny, Cromwell dissolved Parliament because he would not support their tyranny. Same act, vastly different reasons, and vastly different results.
@@lemmiwinks7191 A battle of perspectives I guess but Charles I was a legitimate monarch, Cromwell a dictator. He won the war so got the job, good for him...turns out not many of his countrymen agreed with him as the monarchy was bought back.
@@andrewmckenzie292 after he eliminated the national debt, pacified and stabilized both Britain and Ireland, reinvigorated the economy by breaking up monopolies, established laws and precedents in court for freedom of religion, stopped the persecution of Catholics, reduced capital punishments to only men guilty of treason or murder, expanded public education, repealed anti semitic laws allowing Jews to return to England, founded Durham University, won the Anglo Dutch war without antagonizing the Dutch, obtained the port of Dunkirk from the Spanish by wisely allying with the French against the Hapsburgs and finally paid of the Army who had fought so hard and well in the defense of England's freedoms. Legitimacy is a construct of consent, the only reason the protectorate did not continue was because it was run by Puritans, who represented the army but who did not represent the population of Britain in largesse.
@@andrewmckenzie292 The Monarchy was re-instated not because of the people's love of the Monarchy, but because there were no other available choices that wouldn't lead to another civil war, or struggle for power. Cromwell's sons were at the very least incompetant, and did not represent the army in the way Cromwell did and did not have their backing. The only way out of a Republican anarchy was to bring back the King. But, because of the precedents brought in by Cromwell's government, boundaries, limits and rules were able to be imposed on Charles the II, that would have otherwise been considered, what you would call "illegitimate".
@@captainroger Islam has always been an enemy of humanity. But it wasn't a direct threat to England or Scandinavia until multiculturalist politicians -- who are all treasonous scum regardless of their party -- fully intentionally imported it here, making it a threat where it would naturally not exist at all.
Cromwell had the absolute loyalty of something that did not even exist for Charles. The New Model Army was the new force in the land, and probably at this point the finest fighting machine in Europe.
It’d be really interesting to see how the New Model Army would have performed against the likes of the Swedes or the French. We’ll never know for sure, but I think most agree they were not to be taken lightly.
@@rickwalker2 It would probably have done very well because the English New Model Army absolutely decimated the Scottish Army which was itself modeled on the Swedish one and many of its Generals and Officers having previously fought in the Swedish Army.
@@bathtubbarracuda2581 ye, Marx himself had a particular grudge against pan Europeanism and power hungry beaurocrats like Nappy 3 Wish the left would support Brexit and Brexiters would support the left, we could build something beautiful together.
I love that Cromwell essentially comes to the same conclusion that the King did, just on the other side of the spectrum. Cromwell ultimately succeeded at what the King wanted to do, but with the benefit of hindsight.
Charles wanted money for a war. Cromwell wanted a just parliament that didn't enrich itself or have people executed for blasphemy. Cromwell was good for English democracy, even if he was a monster to the Irish.
Charles I presumed his authority as both divine and birth right (as has been for several centuries in all nations prior in the growth of Europe). Cromwell was the opposite spectrum in that, while Charles I wanted to retain all Monarchial Power as physically possible, Cromwell dissolved because the system was impertinently refusing to solve issues, pass more classical liberal law in religious liberties, and to establish election time frames and date systems to allow a flowing representative system. He dissolved it, especially after having already fought in Ireland against the Catholics and in Scotland to depose the Scottish appointed King Charles II (son of Charles I who'd been executed some time before. Who would also, ironically, gain the throne of England after Cromwell, and would be a thorn in Parliament's side in legal and policy matters for the remainder of his reign as King of England, Scotland and Ireland). Due to the failures of Parliament and its inability to produce even some semblance of resolution to the problems wrought by prior parliaments and King Charles I, Cromwell saw no other choice but to dissolve and put in place a "Barebones Parliament" to get things moving. They called it treason. But they learned their lesson, for a time at least... Until 1775 when Parliament, being unresolved in the discussions and discourse of the Colonies, ended up having to supply war efforts to fight their own countrymen half a world away, and ultimately lose in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. They would lose the 13 Colonies and much of the trade and influence in the New World.
Still a corrupted shower of scoundrels, over four hundred years of scurrilous , corrupted self seeking parasites preying on the people for their own aggrandisement.. A blot on our lives and a law unto themselves..
Well, I agree with you that our Congress needs to be cleaned out. But you seem to be one of those who believe the narrative that Russia controls a certain party. Lol, we'd probably be a lot better off if Putin were controlling the country, rather than these Wall Street oligarchs! And I don't trust Putin at all.
Good argument. Similar to Julius Caesar crossing the rubicon; sometimes one sovereign leader is necessary. However, arguing King Charles over a parliament is complicated.
You people are so ignorant of history it hurts. What Cromwell did is not the same what Charles I did. But you really know nothing of history. You just make a stupid comment based on one video you see on youtube.
@@bozz3755 then debunk it traitor if you can it is because of you and your kind that we find our nation in its current state...a republican is just a communist with a different coat of paint.
@@jamescross241 As a monarchist I can see what Cromwell did as fairly necessary. Charles I was a Catholic and a tyrant, however Cromwell was no better.
THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING!! I saw this when I was a kid and it blew my mind. The acting, the directing, battles, everything was perfect. (ok, maybe a bit long!). A must watch.
@@sarahnichols4439 It's also on RUclips if you are in certain countries. eg U.S. But thank-you for mentioning that. Many people I know are switching to Amazon prime.
@@janstan8407 Amazon is highly criminal and corrupt. Basically a enslaver of humanity. You should not use it, if you like your little freedoms you have left.
2:42 "You are no more capable of conducting the affairs of this nation than you are of running a brothel!" Literally every Politician in the world right now 😂😂😂
"Drunkards, tricksters, villains, whoremasters, Godless, self-seeking, ambitious tricksters!" "YOU ARE SCUM, SIR! And a truly elected scum, at that!" Sounds like many politicians we have these days!
I LOVE it when he calls them "whore mongers." A very apt description of a whole bunch of members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Some of our longstanding members of those houses have amassed incredible fortunes during their many decades in office.
Although I agree with your sentiments, he actually said "whore masters" (i.e. pimps). Pity this isn't an accurate portrayal of the real Cromwell, or especially that there isn't a present day equivalent of this version, because I'd be right there with him!
Brexit hasn't even happened yet. That's the problem. Our disgrace of a parliament is trying to block it, and to add insult to injury, they wont even vote for a general election.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I was following it so I guess this is why I got this in my que. I'm American and I just couldn't watch anymore of it so I haven't watched anything to do with it for at least the past two weeks.. Sounds like they are finally going to have an election so good on them. This video had me cracking up. Yep, it looks like nothing has changed LOL ..
@@historygeekslive8243 Humans don't change very quickly. If you take one lesson from the last 30,000 years or so of history, I would suggest strongly that would be it.
You must have missed the movie. This is about 2/3 in. After king Charles tried to dissolve parilament. After the civil war between the "parliamentarians" and rhe king. After the king was beheaded. This was just the continuation of cromwell trying to make himself king. You should watch the movie. Or read a book.
@@BigBlack81 netflix ain't interested in history they can't counterfit. Netflix is in the business of pedlling obama's ultra left ideology. They'd never be able to make a movie/series about cromwell without mucking it up. It is afterall a story of a white male zelaous protestant landowner who became regent after he killed the king in a civil war. For this to be on netflix it would have to be about a downtrodden trance pansexual of color and not in england. Maybe in the deep south...so no. Can't work.
@@ahcokris I wouldn't bet that. Money is made on ALL sides, as we've seen recently with Lebron James, vis a vis the HK protests. I think the time is definitely there as the hard right are an audience unto themselves. It'd take a while, but they could do it. The question is, could they make a profit?
@@BigBlack81 I don't watch netfkix as it is. As far as I'm concerned they could do a historically accurate, won't happend since rhey're to biased, show about ...anything and I still would not watch it. Illustration. Std the so called "star trek". I watched several episodes. But it has no continuity with star trek 1960-2010. It is also so painfully custom made for today's retarded and easily offended audiences that it is too stupid for me to watch. It is so full of cribge and bad writing you and I could have done it better.
The more things change the more they stay the same. Parliament today ignores the will of the people simply because the outcome doesnt benefit them. Its time to once again kick these self serving scumbags to the curb.
@Starscream91 - "They would never be able to vote away an election this day in age or be permitted to blatantly put forward motions where they hold a conflicted interest." Yeah, youre right. Today, they just block it endlessly in the hopes that people give up and give them what they want out of exhaustion. A vote was held several years ago and even though they voted to leave, everything has been stuck in limbo with the hopes that either its overturned somehow, or another vote is held in the hopes they get a different result. The people voted, yet the saying has been "democracy is under attack" lol Yes, it is...by the losers who are complaining. Democracy only works when you allow it to. When you attempt to undo it because you didnt like the result, thats not democracy. Thats something dictators do to become dictators.
Good idea, though it is not a plan. What is always required is a system of governance, one way or another. Unless a new one is ivented and implamented removing a rotten parlament would not do much.
This in part why the Congress in the United States have two year terms instead of 4 to 5-year terms like the Westminster-style Parliaments throughout the British Commonwealth. The biggest mistake made by the Founding Fathers was not putting term limits for both Senators and Members of Congress.
@@ellugerdelacruz2555 The Parliament didn't want the king back at that time, the reason Cromwell dissolved parliament was because parliament had been tasked with formulating a new system of governance. This they had been trying for six long years and everyone was basically fed up of them as they got almost nothing done. So Cromwell dissolved parliament and replaced them with a load of "saints". Parliament only came to want the king back after Richard Cromwell took power (Oliver's son) and when the country went through 7 different governments in a single year as no one could agree on what system should be used to run the country. So in the end they just said fuck it get the king back, incomes Charles the 2nd.
@@someguy-cv9jd In the words of Cromwell himself, "If we fought a king just to reinstate a king, THEN WHY THE HELL DID WE FIGHT THE KING IN THE FIRST PLACE??"
@@ellugerdelacruz2555 okay but parliament still didnt want a king. yes the lord protector was basically a king but people didnt really care, they just didnt want the institution of monarchy. for example when he was offered to be a king he refused as his fellow army officers said they would no longer follow him if he took that title, even though he was still basically a king.
@@someguy-cv9jd I KNOW. If you watched the movie, you'd know I was quoting what he said when they asked him to be king. The Monarchy might as well have sang 🎶"You'll Be Back"🎶 from Hamilton since they were so lost.
2:32....the passion of that delivery, I love it but at the same time it gives me a chuckle. "THEY'RE DRUNKARDS!! TRICKSTERS!! VILLAINS!! WHOREMASTERS!! GODLESS SELF-SEEKING AMBITIOUS TRICKSTERS!!"
@@Sidneyyoungblood75 This scene did the rounds all over social media after the Brexit vote, when you had Parliament doing its level best to try and get the situation reversed. Politicians dragging their feet, a Commons Chamber stuffed with 'Remain' politicians who point blank were not prepared to accept that the people had voted to leave and were doing everything possible to try and block it. And they wonder why they were all given the boot in 2019 when Boris won his landslide.
@@cultureofcritique9735 And that means Humans will not survive..Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law..look at London this week ..I am right, so I can do what i want.
Shades of Al Pacino in Scent of a woman, "If I was the man I was five years ago, I'd take a flamethrower to this place!" Makes you wonder what Cromwell might have done with flamethrowers.
@Metal 1974 Well considering the government has committed high treason with relation to the Chicom virus hoax and delaying Brexit, it ain't no bloody theory.
I somehow have the impression that the voice-over defending Cromwell was a last-time decision, because Ken Hughes said he envisioned the film as a "greek tragedy" sort of story, with the irony of Cromwell mimicking the king's actions by the end sealing it all. It would actually be more impactful if the scene ended in silence.
I was lucky enough to see a first rate print of this film a few years back at the American Film Institute theater in Silver Spring, Maryland (just outside of Washington). It even had a great stereo soundtrack. Thanks for posting!
It's the same with Congress here in the U.S. The most corrupt branch of government is always the legislature. They are, after all, the law makers. They make the rules and are quick to set up a system that benefits them first and foremost. It sickens me.
@@jamesdiaz793 Not so. Cromwell's actions in Ireland were pretty much the norm for warfare in Europe at the time. Towns that refused to surrender were not entitled to quarter. For example, the sieges of Drogheda and Wexford pale in comparison to the sack of the Protestant city of Magdeburg by the Holy Roman Empire less than two decades before when most of its inhabitants were massacred and city reduced to rubble. The Pope even wrote a letter to the general responsible congratulating him for "washing his hands in the blood of sinners". Also, much of what Cromwell is blamed for was in fact carried out by his son-in-law Henry Ireton after he had left Ireland to deal with the Scots.
I was a wee lad when I saw this new movie in a theater, in 1970. The execution I remember well, everything else, not so much. Maybe time, once every 50 years or so, to see this film again. Very good acting !!
Quite brilliant. A fine speech delivered with such force and power that the “scum” had no answer to him. I sometimes wish he was with us now as the UK is sorely in need of someone like him at this moment in time.
bullshit. They were both in the wrong. Cromwell was a genocidal madman and Charles was a petty tyrant who's obsession with being an absolute monarch got so many English and Scottish killed.
@@jakesummers1174 hardly. This is Cromwell taking the same action towards the same people for the same reason as King Charles did. After this, Cromwell held the same power as a King
To all those who like to think they see some kind of similarity here between Saint Boris and a supposed Parliament ignoring the will of the people etc - you might want to watch the whole of this film, for just after this scene the last man out says to Cromwell 'I recall we cut off a King's head for just such a thing'. Cromwell ruled thereafter as a 'Lord Protector' and even had a kind of a coronation. A King in all but name, and little different than Charles 1st before him. Be careful what you wish for...history may change, but human nature does not.
You are dropping the whole context of it. Cromwell seized control only because Parliament wished to delay further an actual vote. At that point, no democracy had been exercised. The corruption infuriated him, I honestly don't blame him for doing it. I don't even think it was tyrannical because he was preventing the tyranny of a Parliament that has no accountability to the people. Which is the key thing .
The only similarity between BoJo and Cromwell is that they make people wish from the days the Monarchy ruled. Cromwell didn't make the Scots consider seceding from the UK. Cromwell had at least a sane reason, BoJo could never be seen as anything but a buffoon. He needs to join Nigel Farange, hopefully in prison someday next to Trump (in the one world government jail the tighty-whitey-alt-righties believe in).
Cromwell: He means to dissolve parliament! We must fight for our liberties against this tyrant king Also Cromwell: you're disagreeing with me? DISSOLVE!
It was not because they disagreed with him, it was because they were constantly voting themselves further extensions without election. Basically they were becoming an oligarchy.
The problem is that power was thereafter transferred to the military. Churchill said something like ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.’
Cromwell's treatment of the Irish is often over-exaggerated, I would say. As this same film says, the Irish Catholics were butchering Irish Protestants - similar to what the Buntus in South Africa are doing to the Boers. Cromwell put a stop to this murders and HE'S the one who commited 'genocide'. But the Catholics put a brutal spin on things to persuade their children to hate the British, for we have always 'oppressed them'; it's as Cromwell said, 'I am convinced Catholicism is not just a religion, but is also a politcal power. Therefore, I am lead to believe that Ireland will not be at peace until Catholicism is completely destroyed there.' I might add that, as a true Christian, he believed this would be done through evangalism, not crusade and murder.
"A clip from the 1970 film Cromwell shows how things should be handled when dealing with a corrupt Parliament." Installing a tyrannical dictatorship that will kill tens of thousands is none of them... The claim of a corrupt parliament by a single leader is the most typical move by any autocrat ever.
@Stanno Max well... Hittler and Mussolini raise to power, the dictatorships in latin america... They always claimed to clean the nation from corruption (and communism in this modern cases) and all ended in bloodthirsty regimes.
Claiming the government is too corrupt and not representative of the people and therefore assuming sole power for yourself and dissolving any possible representation of the common man is 1000% the move nearly every dictator has taken. Its the justification most West African coup leaders use, and then they say ‘we will hold elections in the future’ and they just postpone them and have the military dominate the government. Cromwell is exactly NOT the way you should deal with corruption, then again it’s hard to see a better alternative
To those in the comments firstly while I adore this movie, do remember it is only a movie and following the events depicted what Cromwell created was the Puritan State which then was destroyed after its 2nd leader lasting a grand total of 7 years, it was hardly a perfect system and banned many things that needn't have been made illegal. As for the comparisons to the present day I would argue people like Boris and Farage act as much for political and personal gain as any other politician or person.
What a surprise to see a quisling Remainer defending the self-serving, traitorous parasites in Parliament today stifling the wishes of the masses. You’re an embarrassment. EU bootlickers and delusional leftists like yourself are the biggest problem our country faces.
@@HighKingElendil You... do realize that the current Parliament was elected by the British public after the Brexit referendum? Through the legal process that has been the norm for centuries now? I personally find it curious that people with such reverence for the United Kingdom omit proper understanding of its workings and unwritten constitution. By right, that Parliament, these elected officials, are more legitimate in dealing with Brexit than the referendum, a vote marred by disinformation and simplistic questions, ever was. I share part of your concerns. Yes, Parliament messed this up big time. Corbyn and the Labour party in particular have turned inaction and cowardice into an artform over May's deal, which was objectively one of the better options for Brexit. But that is no excuse to berate public servants or people on either side of the debate. Face it, the UK society is going to be divided over this for an entire generation, you're not helping by fostering division. If an EU bootlicker and filthy leftist like myself can try to see the point of view of Brexiters, then I believe you are fully capable of the same curtesy and politeness, as befits a British citizen.
Indeed, sadly nothing has changed. In the UK, as in most other countries in the world, we have only the illusion of parliamentary democracy. All that happens is that every 5 years of so one or another political party is elected, which then proceeds to spend its entire term breaking every promise it made to the people during the election campaign. And this vicious circle repeats endlessly. The whole world political system is broken.
Oliver Cromwell : I've been waiting for you, Your Majesty. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master! Charles 1: Only a master of evil, Cromwell!
@@Crusader-Ramos45 The President is trying to do his job whether you like his character or not and Congress is more unpopular now than it was back then.
Cromwell: "In my absence you have become corrupt and evil" *Cromwells absence* : Hmmmmm instead of dibanding my massive army Ill go massacre a full quarter of Ireland for fun and to give men something to do. Im just glad that evil king isnt around, he mightve done really bad things like........ ask me for a loan
I saw the film of Cromwell when I was 14. I was totally blown away! Even being British, I had known America had had a Civil War. Didn't know that my own country had a Civil War. Totally mind blown!! History teaching had so many yawning gaps! Knowledge comes with age. I have resolved to learn with advancing years, now 67. Still learning!!! Might be an old git in your eyes, will still beat you in a sprint to the bus stop. Will still beat you in a 5 mile run. Old people now kick ass, don't underestimate us!!
I’ve read extensively about the English civil war period. I can truly conclude Cromwell was indeed a very terrifying man. I don’t think there’s been any in subsequent years who even came close to his utter ruthlessness.
Some of you commenting from outside the UK should ask yourselves what your country's government looked like in the 1650s, because unlike Englishman of that time, your countrymen probably had no rights to speak of.
Boris Johnson is no Cromwell, as the latter had....standards, principles and a care for the actual people. But you know why Cromwell really turned up - The army had not been paid, and Cromwell was representing the army...and he used it, with extreme effect.
“No more capable of conducting the affairs of this nation, than you are of running a Brothel.” 400 years later, nothing has changed.
Yeah, nothing, not even the fact that we are in the XXI century and Britain still has a monarchy.
@@leonardoflorentinThe monarchy has no real political power though, only ceremonial.
Why not?
Note that this parliament had been artificially prolonging itself, and lost legitimacy in the eyes of many. Nothing like the present at all.
@@hoodatdondar2664 he called them “Godless self-seeking ambitious tricksters.” The scene starts with them discussing how they can profit off their office. Today’s lot are much the same.
Today is August 10th. 2024 in the year of our Lord! England today is ruled by a traitor Prime Minister,. a useless woke/wef King!
"The parliament will be reorganized into the first! British Empire!"
"For a safer and secure society."
So this is how liberty dies? In thunderous awesome British acting.
It was a good empire, the first and last of its kind. That 3/4 of the world speak English as a first or second language; that it is the language of international rescue, diplomacy, pilots and mariners alike, speaks volumes for it. That places like India did not revert to their feudal origins and that they still use the British model of civil service is tribute to an organisational skill. They went wrong occasionally but did in fact beggar the nation to end slavery and spent the lives of thousands of sailors and marines to prevent it. So we USED to be a self correcting , generally benign empire -all things are relative- but now we are under the influence of Soros and the wankers that follow his ideas. The woke brigade in all its hypocritical finery decries us but they are truly FUBAR as my American brothers used to say on active duty.
@@Jake-xe4cv FUBAR indeed mate.
Cromwell was a good leader!
Funny because Cromwell badly wanted Britain to become a great empire. Cromwell had only two favourite books: the bible and another book written by Sir Walter Raleigh which talked about Britain one day becoming a great empire. Cromwell said that he wanted to make “Englishman as much honoured as ever that of Roman had been.”
"I say if we in Parliament can't gain from ruling the country, then there is very little point in our being here at all". Sadly that is a line that could be said by so many in parliaments, senates, councils etc around the world from then until the present day.
I swear I heard ruining the country
That's engraved over the entrance to 55 Tufton Street
Alexander Hamilton ultimately resigned from being Secretary of the Treasury because he could make more in the private sector as a lawyer. When his French counterpart heard this, he effectively replied, "You're doing it wrong."
That attitude is also what causes the people to turn to Caesars.
@@ShadowOfCicero Yeeeah, you're not stealing the people money for your own personal gain without giving anything in return!
(I know what you mean, I'm just stating a truth)
The King was right, "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
Except at the various lodges of the Free stonecutters. Who masterminded the English Revolution. And who today likewise tell you that your elected governments are scoms so you will take them down. So something worse than Cromwell becomes your king. The antichrist. And then you cry home to momma. But there will be no one to help you against the stonecutters and their malevolent king, the beast.
True he was Obi one as well hehe
Thought it was Ibe one Kenobi.
I wonder whether Cromwell saw the irony of his situation in those moments...
Obi-Wan and Dumbledore been beefing for a long time
King Charles : parlement is dissolve
Cromwell : that's treason against the nation
Also cromwell : parlement is dissolve
King Charles : dude, uncool
King Charles I - "Please could I have my head back?"
Cromwell: It's called personal growth.
When my army defeated yours and then we asked if you would remain as a constitutional king...you conspired with outside nations to return by force. You refused to change based on the new context.
When parliament proved unable to enforce my vision of governance...I decided to remove Parliament.
Of course, in the end...it cost me my head.
So...are your ashes telling my ashes, "See, I told you so..."?
@@KempSimon I am sorry. I don't remember where I put it.
@@deVeresd.Kfz.1515 dude I can’t believe you just said catholic countries were axis and allied nations were Protestant. Germany was split between Catholic and Protestant and the government was forcing atheistic “for the fatherland” propaganda down everyone’s throat. 1/5th of the US is Catholic and France was entirely Catholic. So was Poland. Germany marched into Poland and slaughtered Catholic priests. Germany was against Russia not because they were orthodox, but because they were the strongest military to the east of them. France and England had the strongest militaries to the west. WW2 didn’t start because of which countries were of any certain religion, it started because Germany wanted to take over all of Europe, both Catholic and Protestant countries, and allied themselves with the best nations to help them achieve that goal(Romania, Italy, Japan).
@@deVeresd.Kfz.1515 marxism=atheism
Back then: "We vote to increase our terms for more 3 years without elections."
Now: "We vote to increase our own salaries at least once a year."
"We vote to increase Chinese virus lockdown measures in violation of civil rights for another 3 months."
Both parties are so utterly obnoxious with how they toy with the entire nation; we move hard left under democrats and slowly cement ourselves into left wing statism under the republicans
Theres literally an ammendment to the constitution that makes it so any pay increase doesn't apply to the current Congress
@@flopus7 Considering this is a film about the English parliament, he's probably talking about the British parliament now. Here we have some "independent" committee that always votes to increase MP pay no matter the state of wages, the economy etc.
@@TerryTateOfficeLinebacker760 This is one of the dumbest comments I've seen trying to dissect anything about American politics I've seen. To even attempt to refer to the US as a left wing country is a fantasy. Both parties represent two sides of the same right-wing coin that favors the donor class above every other person and the media is in bed with each party manufacturing consent for the bullshit bills they pass that favor the wealthy.
Ever find it odd how literally every bill is framed as a "tax increase" or a "tax cut" by the media, with no explanations going into what this means? Cut sounds good for you, when you never see it, and if they went into detail about what was in a tax cut you'd realize it (but they don't want that obviously, they themselves are a billion dollar corporation).
But sure, pretend this is some socialist paradise. We don't even have fucking healthcare lmao.
Cromwell be like: Guys I'm totally not a monarch but I do have absolute power and my Son is going to take over after I die ok?
Its debated, it's not known if Oliver did name his son as his successor as he fell seriously ill.
If he named himself King he'd have to abide by the Magna Carta.
Cromwell never named his son as his successor though...
Richard became Protector as Oliver's sudden death caused serious issues. No one could think of any better. Oliver was the only man who held the commonwealth together with a brooding model army.
@@malcolmabram2957 George monck as well, the General who decided to restore the monarchy
“An immovable parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable king!” Truer words have never been spoken.
Cromwell is starting to understand where Charles was coming from lol
@@owenb8636, mostly starting to understand that his 'friends' in Parliament didn't really ascribe to all the ideals they claimed when they ousted the King.
@@owenb8636 Remember, tyranny is subjective. A man would call a government that prevents himself from doing as he pleases tyrannical but depending on the desire it might be our best option.
No these are not true words. A Parliament is composed of many men. Certainly not all were corrupt. But one man...a king...is harder to reform
@@zenodotusofathens2122 But not harder to get rid of.
Cromwell: Now I understand why Kings acted the way they did.
He came to the painful realisation, that in the end Charles I. was right all along and he was the enabler of corrupt and selfish politicians
wrong, they both dissolved Parliament but for completely different reasons. The King dissolved Parliament because they would not support his tyranny, Cromwell dissolved Parliament because he would not support their tyranny. Same act, vastly different reasons, and vastly different results.
@@lemmiwinks7191 A battle of perspectives I guess but Charles I was a legitimate monarch, Cromwell a dictator. He won the war so got the job, good for him...turns out not many of his countrymen agreed with him as the monarchy was bought back.
@@andrewmckenzie292 after he eliminated the national debt, pacified and stabilized both Britain and Ireland, reinvigorated the economy by breaking up monopolies, established laws and precedents in court for freedom of religion, stopped the persecution of Catholics, reduced capital punishments to only men guilty of treason or murder, expanded public education, repealed anti semitic laws allowing Jews to return to England, founded Durham University, won the Anglo Dutch war without antagonizing the Dutch, obtained the port of Dunkirk from the Spanish by wisely allying with the French against the Hapsburgs and finally paid of the Army who had fought so hard and well in the defense of England's freedoms. Legitimacy is a construct of consent, the only reason the protectorate did not continue was because it was run by Puritans, who represented the army but who did not represent the population of Britain in largesse.
@@andrewmckenzie292 The Monarchy was re-instated not because of the people's love of the Monarchy, but because there were no other available choices that wouldn't lead to another civil war, or struggle for power. Cromwell's sons were at the very least incompetant, and did not represent the army in the way Cromwell did and did not have their backing. The only way out of a Republican anarchy was to bring back the King. But, because of the precedents brought in by Cromwell's government, boundaries, limits and rules were able to be imposed on Charles the II, that would have otherwise been considered, what you would call "illegitimate".
A wonderful movie, a great scene, and a magnificent performance by Richard Harris.
But Guinness as always Steals the Show! .... To include Charles Stutter was Brilliant!
And Robert Morley!
OK! Alec Guinness too!
He's over the top. It's a bit laughable
@@monkeytennis8861would you rather Ben Affleck play Cromwell
The enemies of this Nation have flourished under your protection.. great statement at this time
the greatest enemies of England: the Vatican and the Globalists
Hidraulica y Mecanismos more like Islam.
@@patrickbuckley2516 Islam is recent. Vatican and France are both ancient enemies
@@naeem11111 Islam threat is not recent bru
@@captainroger Islam has always been an enemy of humanity. But it wasn't a direct threat to England or Scandinavia until multiculturalist politicians -- who are all treasonous scum regardless of their party -- fully intentionally imported it here, making it a threat where it would naturally not exist at all.
Cromwell had the absolute loyalty of something that did not even exist for Charles. The New Model Army was the new force in the land, and probably at this point the finest fighting machine in Europe.
It’d be really interesting to see how the New Model Army would have performed against the likes of the Swedes or the French. We’ll never know for sure, but I think most agree they were not to be taken lightly.
@@rickwalker2 It would probably have done very well because the English New Model Army absolutely decimated the Scottish Army which was itself modeled on the Swedish one and many of its Generals and Officers having previously fought in the Swedish Army.
It wasn't actually much good. Look at it's invasion attempt in the Caribbean,I think
Well said.
@@fyrdman2185 Probably so but that's probably also one of the reasons for the Carolean reforms.
‘I am the Senate’
Oliver Cromwell
I'am the *parliament
-Oliver Cromwell
Димитър Иванов of course
He didn't say that. That is a terrible translation.
Pobsnobs it is a joke
“”I am the Parliament” -King Charles I” -Oliver Cromwell”
"An immovable parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable king."
Hard to argue with that.
The European Union
The politics of Europe teaches us that turds always float.
"History repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time"
Don't know the name of the guy who said this.
It was Karl Marx, and he said 'first as tragedy, second as farce'
I'm guessing you weren't planning on quoting Marx but here we are, absurd isn't it?
@@TheNotthediver it is strange
@@TheNotthediver Is this from his pamphlet on Napoleon III?
@@bathtubbarracuda2581 ye, Marx himself had a particular grudge against pan Europeanism and power hungry beaurocrats like Nappy 3
Wish the left would support Brexit and Brexiters would support the left, we could build something beautiful together.
One of the signs of insanity is to complete the same actions and expect a different outcome. Parliament this year perhaps?
Richard Harris was amazing his whole life. He was as dark in this as he was the light of Gladiator. Bad ass dude.
The best, mate!
The complete and utter irony of casting him, an Irishman, as Cromwell
He was a ruffian, a brawler and an unceasing drunkard. They don't make them like that anymore.
"Gentlemen! An immovable Parliament is more obnoxious than an immovable King!" A'-freaking-Men!
Replace Senate with Parliment and you're looking at America.
cringe
Only thing more obnoxious is a genociding maniac lecturing people about parliaments immorality
@@JnEricsonx Don't forget the House of Representatives. Honestly we need to just reset
Well we are UK's eldest heir so we need to follow suit
I love that Cromwell essentially comes to the same conclusion that the King did, just on the other side of the spectrum. Cromwell ultimately succeeded at what the King wanted to do, but with the benefit of hindsight.
Pffft his corpse on trial says otherwise
Charles wanted money for a war. Cromwell wanted a just parliament that didn't enrich itself or have people executed for blasphemy.
Cromwell was good for English democracy, even if he was a monster to the Irish.
Charles I presumed his authority as both divine and birth right (as has been for several centuries in all nations prior in the growth of Europe).
Cromwell was the opposite spectrum in that, while Charles I wanted to retain all Monarchial Power as physically possible, Cromwell dissolved because the system was impertinently refusing to solve issues, pass more classical liberal law in religious liberties, and to establish election time frames and date systems to allow a flowing representative system.
He dissolved it, especially after having already fought in Ireland against the Catholics and in Scotland to depose the Scottish appointed King Charles II (son of Charles I who'd been executed some time before. Who would also, ironically, gain the throne of England after Cromwell, and would be a thorn in Parliament's side in legal and policy matters for the remainder of his reign as King of England, Scotland and Ireland).
Due to the failures of Parliament and its inability to produce even some semblance of resolution to the problems wrought by prior parliaments and King Charles I, Cromwell saw no other choice but to dissolve and put in place a "Barebones Parliament" to get things moving.
They called it treason. But they learned their lesson, for a time at least... Until 1775 when Parliament, being unresolved in the discussions and discourse of the Colonies, ended up having to supply war efforts to fight their own countrymen half a world away, and ultimately lose in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. They would lose the 13 Colonies and much of the trade and influence in the New World.
@@falconeshieldthat was just Charlie’s boy getting it out of his system.
@@JohnDoe-wt9ek the mistakes you speak of in the loss of the 13 colonies would not be fixed until the 1830s
This is truly a “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself to become the villain” moment.
LOL sure, the hero that wanted to commit genocide on the Irish from the start. He only became a villain later on? Go be stupid somewhere else.
Still a corrupted shower of scoundrels, over four hundred years of scurrilous , corrupted self seeking parasites preying on the people for their own aggrandisement..
A blot on our lives and a law unto themselves..
or live long enough to oversee massacres and show what a villain you were all along.
Villain? There is nothing good or righteous about a democracy or parlament.
@@viktorvaldemar
Right, because autocracy has never been subject to corruption
What I want to say and do to Congress everyday.
AMEN BROTHER !
@@PhilipMReeder especially 'Moscow Bitch' McConnell
Michael Fletcher ah, you’re one of those people. Lost souls.
@@yourlocalbluntfriend4136its not like they do a whole lot anyway
Well, I agree with you that our Congress needs to be cleaned out. But you seem to be one of those who believe the narrative that Russia controls a certain party. Lol, we'd probably be a lot better off if Putin were controlling the country, rather than these Wall Street oligarchs! And I don't trust Putin at all.
Seems one King was better than a hundred of them
NapoleonBonaparte Cromwell wasn’t King
@@isabelh5561 Neither did i say he was one, what i meant is that they were better of with King Charles than this mess
Good argument. Similar to Julius Caesar crossing the rubicon; sometimes one sovereign leader is necessary. However, arguing King Charles over a parliament is complicated.
@@isabelh5561 He might as well have been by the end.
But now we have a QUEEN who is worth and wiser ten fold the members of both houses.
Cromwell dissolves parliament: I'm allowed to do this
King Charles dissolves parliament: wait, that's illegal
lmao, thats what I thought
You people are so ignorant of history it hurts. What Cromwell did is not the same what Charles I did. But you really know nothing of history. You just make a stupid comment based on one video you see on youtube.
@@bozz3755 then debunk it traitor if you can it is because of you and your kind that we find our nation in its current state...a republican is just a communist with a different coat of paint.
@@jamescross241 As a monarchist I can see what Cromwell did as fairly necessary. Charles I was a Catholic and a tyrant, however Cromwell was no better.
@@walesdoesntsuck6635 He was significantly better
I literally hearing the US senate in Cromwell’s speech
THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING!! I saw this when I was a kid and it blew my mind. The acting, the directing, battles, everything was perfect. (ok, maybe a bit long!). A must watch.
Harris won Best Actor at the Moscow Film Festival in 1971.
No idea why... ;)
I don't know if you have Amazon Prime but it's there
@@sarahnichols4439 It's also on RUclips if you are in certain countries. eg U.S. But thank-you for mentioning that. Many people I know are switching to Amazon prime.
@@janstan8407 Amazon is highly criminal and corrupt. Basically a enslaver of humanity. You should not use it, if you like your little freedoms you have left.
Brilliant and emotive monologue from RIchard Harris. What a talented actor he was
“The enemies of this nation have flourished under your protection.” That sounds like the US and the UK to me.
And Canada
Flourished? Nay they sit in the very houses of power. They are the very system itself!
@@simonnachreiner8380 Karma, westoid.
more like the entire west
??? What nation?
Lot of mad asshats on the ‘net
"Richard Harris playing the modern day Boris"
You must be having a laugh with that one lol!
Boris starmer and all the mp’s in parliament all piss in the same pot , they serve only themselves
Cromwell was competent, able and honest. About as far opposite to Boris as possible.
Like comparing a giant to a mouse.
2:42 "You are no more capable of conducting the affairs of this nation than you are of running a brothel!"
Literally every Politician in the world right now 😂😂😂
Because everyone votes for rich guys. What do you expect when exactly nothing is done to fix it?
"Drunkards, tricksters, villains, whoremasters, Godless, self-seeking, ambitious tricksters!"
"YOU ARE SCUM, SIR! And a truly elected scum, at that!"
Sounds like many politicians we have these days!
@@Chris-fn4dfonly rich guys are on the ballots. Also, you think the elections are legit? Biden got the most votes than any president ever?
i mean running a brothel requires alot of skills
a song of ice and fire has with littlefinger a great character
and he is the master of brothels
his description of MP`s has not changed he was spot on.
It's certainly true of the DC CARTEL here in America.
I LOVE it when he calls them "whore mongers." A very apt description of a whole bunch of members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. Some of our longstanding members of those houses have amassed incredible fortunes during their many decades in office.
Same with our MP's in the UK. Centuries in, and they're still the same wretches as they were during Cromwell's time.
The Duck of Death doesn't mess about.
Jay! You can do something about that in November, 2022!
@@alec2726 Oh, I will.
Although I agree with your sentiments, he actually said "whore masters" (i.e. pimps). Pity this isn't an accurate portrayal of the real Cromwell, or especially that there isn't a present day equivalent of this version, because I'd be right there with him!
Brexit must be going badly because this was in my recommended.
Brexit hasn't even happened yet. That's the problem. Our disgrace of a parliament is trying to block it, and to add insult to injury, they wont even vote for a general election.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I was following it so I guess this is why I got this in my que. I'm American and I just couldn't watch anymore of it so I haven't watched anything to do with it for at least the past two weeks.. Sounds like they are finally going to have an election so good on them. This video had me cracking up. Yep, it looks like nothing has changed LOL ..
LOL - you might be right.
@@historygeekslive8243 Humans don't change very quickly. If you take one lesson from the last 30,000 years or so of history, I would suggest strongly that would be it.
So, you out or stay?
This is confusing.
2:23 Words that ring true through out time.
My goodness Jared has been blessed with such an amazing father with well-acted scenes like this.
Thing is, you can kind of see RIchard in Jareds performances. I hadn't noticed until I saw this.
@@toffeecrisp2146
They definitely have similar voices.
I live the way he transforms from sorrow to towering rage!!
A very British coup, the prequel.
Netflix series? I'd subscribe for that.
You must have missed the movie. This is about 2/3 in. After king Charles tried to dissolve parilament. After the civil war between the "parliamentarians" and rhe king. After the king was beheaded. This was just the continuation of cromwell trying to make himself king.
You should watch the movie. Or read a book.
@@BigBlack81 netflix ain't interested in history they can't counterfit. Netflix is in the business of pedlling obama's ultra left ideology. They'd never be able to make a movie/series about cromwell without mucking it up.
It is afterall a story of a white male zelaous protestant landowner who became regent after he killed the king in a civil war.
For this to be on netflix it would have to be about a downtrodden trance pansexual of color and not in england. Maybe in the deep south...so no. Can't work.
@@ahcokris I wouldn't bet that. Money is made on ALL sides, as we've seen recently with Lebron James, vis a vis the HK protests. I think the time is definitely there as the hard right are an audience unto themselves. It'd take a while, but they could do it. The question is, could they make a profit?
@@BigBlack81 I don't watch netfkix as it is. As far as I'm concerned they could do a historically accurate, won't happend since rhey're to biased, show about ...anything and I still would not watch it.
Illustration. Std the so called "star trek". I watched several episodes. But it has no continuity with star trek 1960-2010. It is also so painfully custom made for today's retarded and easily offended audiences that it is too stupid for me to watch. It is so full of cribge and bad writing you and I could have done it better.
The more things change the more they stay the same. Parliament today ignores the will of the people simply because the outcome doesnt benefit them. Its time to once again kick these self serving scumbags to the curb.
@Starscream91
- "They would never be able to vote away an election this day in age or be permitted to blatantly put forward motions where they hold a conflicted interest."
Yeah, youre right. Today, they just block it endlessly in the hopes that people give up and give them what they want out of exhaustion.
A vote was held several years ago and even though they voted to leave, everything has been stuck in limbo with the hopes that either its overturned somehow, or another vote is held in the hopes they get a different result.
The people voted, yet the saying has been "democracy is under attack" lol Yes, it is...by the losers who are complaining.
Democracy only works when you allow it to. When you attempt to undo it because you didnt like the result, thats not democracy. Thats something dictators do to become dictators.
I think you might be misreading things a wee bit, there.
And I thought eastern european politics were a mess
Good idea, though it is not a plan. What is always required is a system of governance, one way or another. Unless a new one is ivented and implamented removing a rotten parlament would not do much.
This in part why the Congress in the United States have two year terms instead of 4 to 5-year terms like the Westminster-style Parliaments throughout the British Commonwealth. The biggest mistake made by the Founding Fathers was not putting term limits for both Senators and Members of Congress.
Cromwell got pissed that the King dissolved Parliament so he brought down the King, got into power and disolved Parliament
When Parliament itself wouldn't work right and wanted the king back.
@@ellugerdelacruz2555 The Parliament didn't want the king back at that time, the reason Cromwell dissolved parliament was because parliament had been tasked with formulating a new system of governance. This they had been trying for six long years and everyone was basically fed up of them as they got almost nothing done. So Cromwell dissolved parliament and replaced them with a load of "saints". Parliament only came to want the king back after Richard Cromwell took power (Oliver's son) and when the country went through 7 different governments in a single year as no one could agree on what system should be used to run the country. So in the end they just said fuck it get the king back, incomes Charles the 2nd.
@@someguy-cv9jd
In the words of Cromwell himself,
"If we fought a king just to reinstate a king, THEN WHY THE HELL DID WE FIGHT THE KING IN THE FIRST PLACE??"
@@ellugerdelacruz2555 okay but parliament still didnt want a king. yes the lord protector was basically a king but people didnt really care, they just didnt want the institution of monarchy. for example when he was offered to be a king he refused as his fellow army officers said they would no longer follow him if he took that title, even though he was still basically a king.
@@someguy-cv9jd
I KNOW.
If you watched the movie, you'd know I was quoting what he said when they asked him to be king.
The Monarchy might as well have sang 🎶"You'll Be Back"🎶 from Hamilton since they were so lost.
Richard Harris - is there anyone left in film like him? From his first to his last what an AWESOME performer and master of his craft!
2:32....the passion of that delivery, I love it but at the same time it gives me a chuckle. "THEY'RE DRUNKARDS!! TRICKSTERS!! VILLAINS!! WHOREMASTERS!! GODLESS SELF-SEEKING AMBITIOUS TRICKSTERS!!"
2022 or 17th century?? 🤔
@@Sidneyyoungblood75 This scene did the rounds all over social media after the Brexit vote, when you had Parliament doing its level best to try and get the situation reversed. Politicians dragging their feet, a Commons Chamber stuffed with 'Remain' politicians who point blank were not prepared to accept that the people had voted to leave and were doing everything possible to try and block it. And they wonder why they were all given the boot in 2019 when Boris won his landslide.
“You are no more capable of conducting the affairs of this nation, than you are of running a BROTHEL!”
@@scottmurphy4278 "YOU ARE SCUM, SIR!"
@@bobpage6597 how things haven't changed!
its shocking how thing's ain't changed one bit
Not much changed in 300 years
@@lillibet1259 No..in the last 6 months
Time to change them.Funny how history repeats itself.You,,,, you are the voice.Never forget that.
The one thing you can always rely on to remain constant is human nature.
@@cultureofcritique9735 And that means Humans will not survive..Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law..look at London this week ..I am right, so I can do what i want.
This should be played on a big screen in front of Parliament.
"Parliament was a mistake" ~ Oliver Cromwell
Richard Harris' voice booms
Shades of Al Pacino in Scent of a woman, "If I was the man I was five years ago, I'd take a flamethrower to this place!"
Makes you wonder what Cromwell might have done with flamethrowers.
Burned Witches!
Drogheda everywhere!
I would say the same of parliament today!! Every word is true today as it was then!!!! That's a fact !!!!
@Metal 1974 how can you hate someone you don't know! Not a nice thing!!
Lawrence Lancaster that’s a fact!.
@Metal 1974 Well considering the government has committed high treason with relation to the Chicom virus hoax and delaying Brexit, it ain't no bloody theory.
Congress in the US isn't so different either
Ironically Cromwell was the last true Monarch of England. In the sense of one person having absolute power
and he cared for England
I somehow have the impression that the voice-over defending Cromwell was a last-time decision, because Ken Hughes said he envisioned the film as a "greek tragedy" sort of story, with the irony of Cromwell mimicking the king's actions by the end sealing it all. It would actually be more impactful if the scene ended in silence.
And Major-General Thomas Harrison dragging Speaker William Lenthall from his Chair by force?
@@KempSimon what about it?
I was lucky enough to see a first rate print of this film a few years back at the American Film Institute theater in Silver Spring, Maryland (just outside of Washington). It even had a great stereo soundtrack. Thanks for posting!
Incredible how they had such good cameras in the 1650s
It's the same with Congress here in the U.S. The most corrupt branch of government is always the legislature. They are, after all, the law makers. They make the rules and are quick to set up a system that benefits them first and foremost. It sickens me.
Depends on the people. They can do very well, sometimes.
how this great Iirsh actor not be nommed for an Oscar is beyond me
Harris was nominated in 1963 for his performance in 'This Sporting Life' and in 1990 for his performance in 'The Field.
The quality of these 17th century cameras is truly amazing
this is a historical drama from the 70s lmao
The only honest Englishman too ever enter Westminster
Hardly, this butchers conduct in Ireland is one of the blackest chapters in British history. Just a religious zealot and a sadist.
@@jamesdiaz793 Not so. Cromwell's actions in Ireland were pretty much the norm for warfare in Europe at the time. Towns that refused to surrender were not entitled to quarter. For example, the sieges of Drogheda and Wexford pale in comparison to the sack of the Protestant city of Magdeburg by the Holy Roman Empire less than two decades before when most of its inhabitants were massacred and city reduced to rubble. The Pope even wrote a letter to the general responsible congratulating him for "washing his hands in the blood of sinners".
Also, much of what Cromwell is blamed for was in fact carried out by his son-in-law Henry Ireton after he had left Ireland to deal with the Scots.
Wrong, there was Oswald Mosley and Clement Atlee too
No, its Guy Fawkes and no one beyond him.
@@justonecornetto80except protestant invasion of Rome, theres nothing thats come close of what he did to Ireland.
I was a wee lad when I saw this new movie in a theater, in 1970. The execution I remember well, everything else, not so much. Maybe time, once every 50 years or so, to see this film again.
Very good acting !!
Quite brilliant. A fine speech delivered with such force and power that the “scum” had no answer to him. I sometimes wish he was with us now as the UK is sorely in need of someone like him at this moment in time.
I wish cromwell could dissolve the uk parliament now...Rest well richard you were a superb actor.x
Dictatorship
He could certainly displace space.
*An alternate timeline where Dumbledore dissolves the Ministry of Magic*
BRUH! SO LIT! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is no ministry, I shall put an end to your sitting. I hereby declare this Ministry… DISSOLVED!!
You can't deny Dumbledore got Style
"Dictatorship!" shouted in anger the members of the Dictator Gang. (Parliament)
Richard Harris such a genius actor one of my favorites and certainly a brilliant film.
This film has a 33% on rotten tomatoes. That’s a 3.3/10.
Jumanji 2 has a 72%.
Our collective standards for films have fucking plummeted.
The moment Cromwell realized that King Charles wasn't in the wrong
bullshit. They were both in the wrong. Cromwell was a genocidal madman and Charles was a petty tyrant who's obsession with being an absolute monarch got so many English and Scottish killed.
If that’s what you read from this I pity you
bro this is cromwell taking the mask off.
@@mrkennady no this is him snappping at corrupt politicians
@@jakesummers1174 hardly. This is Cromwell taking the same action towards the same people for the same reason as King Charles did. After this, Cromwell held the same power as a King
If only we could repeat this today.
He installed a military dictatorship
Who's here 2019, this is more relevant than ever!
Alpha Legion the video was 2 months ago so everyone is here in 2019
@@croydebeckley7888 fair enough
Alpha Legion indeed
nah im here in 2018
kyle watt what kind of dark magic is this?
Cromwell was Napoleon’s predecessor by 150 years
To all those who like to think they see some kind of similarity here between Saint Boris and a supposed Parliament ignoring the will of the people etc - you might want to watch the whole of this film, for just after this scene the last man out says to Cromwell 'I recall we cut off a King's head for just such a thing'. Cromwell ruled thereafter as a 'Lord Protector' and even had a kind of a coronation. A King in all but name, and little different than Charles 1st before him. Be careful what you wish for...history may change, but human nature does not.
Then Cromwell responded that he did not do such a thing lightly, as the Commons had completely gone out of control and neglected their duties.
Makes a great story tho
You are dropping the whole context of it. Cromwell seized control only because Parliament wished to delay further an actual vote. At that point, no democracy had been exercised. The corruption infuriated him, I honestly don't blame him for doing it. I don't even think it was tyrannical because he was preventing the tyranny of a Parliament that has no accountability to the people. Which is the key thing .
The only similarity between BoJo and Cromwell is that they make people wish from the days the Monarchy ruled. Cromwell didn't make the Scots consider seceding from the UK. Cromwell had at least a sane reason, BoJo could never be seen as anything but a buffoon. He needs to join Nigel Farange, hopefully in prison someday next to Trump (in the one world government jail the tighty-whitey-alt-righties believe in).
Cromwell: He means to dissolve parliament! We must fight for our liberties against this tyrant king
Also Cromwell: you're disagreeing with me? DISSOLVE!
It was not because they disagreed with him, it was because they were constantly voting themselves further extensions without election. Basically they were becoming an oligarchy.
That's literally not what happens.
@@archer260That is what happened.
@@archer260 No thats exactly what happened. Cromwell was a King with a different name.
The problem is that power was thereafter transferred to the military. Churchill said something like ‘Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.’
He was mass Murder
what Crornwell said about conniving politicians is still true today, such as the corrupted administration of the New York mayor........
I have an English Heart and I have Irish Blood, I hate what he did to the Irish and I love what he did to Parliament and the Civil War
Same here brother
@@etherealhawk Does that mean we could play for England or Ireland
@@lilmandan96 Wales
@@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC would if I could
Cromwell's treatment of the Irish is often over-exaggerated, I would say. As this same film says, the Irish Catholics were butchering Irish Protestants - similar to what the Buntus in South Africa are doing to the Boers. Cromwell put a stop to this murders and HE'S the one who commited 'genocide'. But the Catholics put a brutal spin on things to persuade their children to hate the British, for we have always 'oppressed them'; it's as Cromwell said, 'I am convinced Catholicism is not just a religion, but is also a politcal power. Therefore, I am lead to believe that Ireland will not be at peace until Catholicism is completely destroyed there.' I might add that, as a true Christian, he believed this would be done through evangalism, not crusade and murder.
I can’t be the only one who really likes Puritan fashion? Plain but very neat.
I love it as well, though I am biased, since I am a reformed Calvinist.
actually this kind of fashion, plain black, originated in Catholic Spain in the 1550s and then spread to England
@Polar Bear God bless you too!
@@contra1138 God bless you fellow Calvinist.
@@thelastoferrathen613 God bless you too!
"A clip from the 1970 film Cromwell shows how things should be handled when dealing with a corrupt Parliament." Installing a tyrannical dictatorship that will kill tens of thousands is none of them...
The claim of a corrupt parliament by a single leader is the most typical move by any autocrat ever.
@Stanno Max well... Hittler and Mussolini raise to power, the dictatorships in latin america... They always claimed to clean the nation from corruption (and communism in this modern cases) and all ended in bloodthirsty regimes.
Better to die in one orgy of gunshots and steel, than to be broken on the wheel.
Claiming the government is too corrupt and not representative of the people and therefore assuming sole power for yourself and dissolving any possible representation of the common man is 1000% the move nearly every dictator has taken. Its the justification most West African coup leaders use, and then they say ‘we will hold elections in the future’ and they just postpone them and have the military dominate the government. Cromwell is exactly NOT the way you should deal with corruption, then again it’s hard to see a better alternative
Some times it’s even true.
But never a model.
Wish we had a Cromwell today because the house of parasites needs a good clean out .
To those in the comments firstly while I adore this movie, do remember it is only a movie and following the events depicted what Cromwell created was the Puritan State which then was destroyed after its 2nd leader lasting a grand total of 7 years, it was hardly a perfect system and banned many things that needn't have been made illegal.
As for the comparisons to the present day I would argue people like Boris and Farage act as much for political and personal gain as any other politician or person.
Agreed I wouldn't equate Cromwell with either Prime Minister Johnson or Farage
What a surprise to see a quisling Remainer defending the self-serving, traitorous parasites in Parliament today stifling the wishes of the masses.
You’re an embarrassment. EU bootlickers and delusional leftists like yourself are the biggest problem our country faces.
@@HighKingElendil You... do realize that the current Parliament was elected by the British public after the Brexit referendum? Through the legal process that has been the norm for centuries now? I personally find it curious that people with such reverence for the United Kingdom omit proper understanding of its workings and unwritten constitution. By right, that Parliament, these elected officials, are more legitimate in dealing with Brexit than the referendum, a vote marred by disinformation and simplistic questions, ever was. I share part of your concerns. Yes, Parliament messed this up big time. Corbyn and the Labour party in particular have turned inaction and cowardice into an artform over May's deal, which was objectively one of the better options for Brexit. But that is no excuse to berate public servants or people on either side of the debate. Face it, the UK society is going to be divided over this for an entire generation, you're not helping by fostering division. If an EU bootlicker and filthy leftist like myself can try to see the point of view of Brexiters, then I believe you are fully capable of the same curtesy and politeness, as befits a British citizen.
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Literally the greatest British king, who is strong in his beliefs.
1:35 man just described modern politics in a single sentence
Still remember this man from Wild Geese.
Brilliant Brilliant movie. Yes, historically inaccurate, but wonderfully acted. The cast is superb. Love it.
Watching this tonight. Can’t think why.
American here,
By observing yhe comments I seem to have stumbled into quite the conversation, I will show myself to the door....
Thank you good countrymen for your ongoing support.
Cromwell after this scene: "Gee....now I remember why we had a King in the first place.......well, now seems the time to gran myself those powers"
I am so glad there were cameras to document this historic occasion.
Indeed, sadly nothing has changed. In the UK, as in most other countries in the world, we have only the illusion of parliamentary democracy. All that happens is that every 5 years of so one or another political party is elected, which then proceeds to spend its entire term breaking every promise it made to the people during the election campaign. And this vicious circle repeats endlessly. The whole world political system is broken.
God bless you Lord Protector.
Oliver Cromwell : I've been waiting for you, Your Majesty. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master!
Charles 1: Only a master of evil, Cromwell!
This film is an excellent example of what is today in England and elsewhere in the world.
J W including America?
@@Crusader-Ramos45 The President is trying to do his job whether you like his character or not and Congress is more unpopular now than it was back then.
@@JW-do2wc There are now 140,000 reasons why you are dead wrong.
It's certainly true of the current Administration in DC. This CRIMINAL CARTEL needs to go; by any means necessary.
...Sir Geoffrey Cox recently had his finger directly on this point in his famous (or infamous?l "Dead Parliament " speech; bravo!
I first watched this film in world history class in HS… still one of my favorites
Cromwell: "In my absence you have become corrupt and evil"
*Cromwells absence* : Hmmmmm instead of dibanding my massive army Ill go massacre a full quarter of Ireland for fun and to give men something to do. Im just glad that evil king isnt around, he mightve done really bad things like........ ask me for a loan
If you close your eyes it sounds perfectly modern
Certainly true in America! The CRIMINAL CARTEL in DC has to GO; by any means necessary.
2022 and look where we are now...
2024 and we're still there...
I saw the film of Cromwell when I was 14. I was totally blown away! Even being British, I had known America had had a Civil War. Didn't know that my own country had a Civil War. Totally mind blown!! History teaching had so many yawning gaps!
Knowledge comes with age. I have resolved to learn with advancing years, now 67. Still learning!!! Might be an old git in your eyes, will still beat you in a sprint to the bus stop. Will still beat you in a 5 mile run. Old people now kick ass, don't underestimate us!!
We need a new Cromwell. A man dedicated to God and Country before all else.
Nigel?
Before all else, he was dedicated to murdering Kings, butchering Catholics and keeping his tyranny.
You want a dictator? Well sure. You can stand in for the Irish this time
I’ve read extensively about the English civil war period. I can truly conclude Cromwell was indeed a very terrifying man. I don’t think there’s been any in subsequent years who even came close to his utter ruthlessness.
Henry 8
Some of you commenting from outside the UK should ask yourselves what your country's government looked like in the 1650s, because unlike Englishman of that time, your countrymen probably had no rights to speak of.
Cromwell rolls persuasion, +20 to speech. Backs it up with his own personal army.
One of the best movie speeches.
Boris Johnson is no Cromwell, as the latter had....standards, principles and a care for the actual people.
But you know why Cromwell really turned up - The army had not been paid, and Cromwell was representing the army...and he used it, with extreme effect.
He fought for the nobility, not the people.
The only Man to enter Parliament with the right idea…. Guy Fawkes.