last successful invasion british democracy the opening to this article needs to be completely rewritten first of all the last successful invasion was the norman attack in which led to the battle of hastings it is not an invasion if you are invited the english populace asked him to come with an army to dispose of their monarch james ii how can it be an invasion if you invite someone to come if someone smashes your windows in that is burglary if you invite them in its not burglary is it look at the texas revolution some blind idiots assume that as an anglo american invasion of the mexican state of tejas yet the mexican government invited them so how is it an invasion if you are invited also how is this seen as the birthplace of british democracy first of all james ii wasn't trying to gain absolute power the way charles i did he did not close parliament for one and he did not pass laws without the consent of his people he was unpopular with his subjects because he was catholic not because he was trying to assume total power the birthplace of british democracy was in in the form of the battle of naseby and the culmination of the english civil war it was after that war in which british democracy had been born never again after that would a monarch try to rule without the consent of his people james ii did nothing of the sort which charles i did it was only due to his religious orientations and thus ties with the pope which made him unpopular this article needs to be seriously re written