"...There is very little evidence to suggest that, before November 1640, many members wanted Parliaments to do more than they had. In particular, there is no sign during the 1620s of any change in the idea that Parliaments were occasional and short-term assemblies..." Conrad Russell
"...The Long Parliament...ought to have raised the status and affected the attitude of all subsequent Parliaments, but there is absolutely no evidence that they did....." J P Kenyon
"...Even English demands in and after the 1770s for 'no taxation without representation' were chiefly protests against taxation and Court corruption rather than attempts to use the Commons in an instrumental role as a democratic agent..." J C D Clark
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