In response, on the 6th of December, Ireton ordered the physical removal of 'Royalist' and corrupt MPs from Parliament replacing them with more radical counterparts sympathetic to the popular view of the army and uncompassionate to the King.

作为回应，12 月 6 日，伊雷顿下令将“保皇党” 和腐败议员从议会中逐出， 代之以更激进的议员， 他们同情军队的普遍观点， 但对国王不抱同情心。