I will forever be mad that we managed to overthrow the monarchy once on this godforsaken island but we accidentally replaced them with the biggest fucking losers on the planet
I’m also mad that they ruined a bunch of great names in the process. “The Commonwealth” is a sick ass name, in fact pretty much all names for things in that era go hard as hell
![From July 1648 to September 1649, they published a newspaper, The Moderate,[2] and were pioneers in the use of petitions and pamphleteering to political ends.[3][4] London's printing and bookselling trade was pivotal to the movement. [5]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2cp5gopk7mgjegy6wadk3ep/bafkreidasbajybac2bjybclshpzi65kya73ltt3xnshlsgx2erp4y5tvzy "From July 1648 to September 1649, they published a newspaper, The Moderate,[2] and were pioneers in the use of petitions and pamphleteering to political ends.[3][4] London's printing and bookselling trade was pivotal to the movement. [5]")