According to documentation Oliver Cromwell was a Yeoman, believed to be an indigenous english man. He fell out of favour and out of government and became a gentleman farmer. He was reported to have suffered from schizophrenia for some seven years or more. He became involved in the Catholic protestant wars. While supposedly ill he was believed to have been approached by a Lutheran minister. There were several visits, said to be discussing fate and circumstance; for instance, how things went wrong. The minister reportedly told him, everything happens for a reason. He was given a job leading the king’s army against the catholics. His men were mostly farmers and poor. They had to give their produce as rent to the crown.
According to some, traditionalists moved to Ireland to escape persecution. Cromwell was reported to have followed on their trail. There are reports of many atrocities in Ireland involving his men. On return, according to one source, his men who were not prepared to go back to a life of poverty and deprivation, began the dissent. Cromwell is believed to have joined them after much soul searching. Under Cromwell the king was executed and many people thought he had gone too far. Labour’s traditional red banner is believed to symbolise the blood shed during the birth of the party. Tories won the vote and reinstated the monarchy, said to be in name only, but not so. Tories benefit from colonial concerns. They joined conservatives in order to get the vote. Had Cromwell been less severe, conservatives probably wouldn’t have joined the tories against him.