In many ways, the Glorious Revolution was a typically
English solution to the conflicts of the 17th Century.
Unlike revolutions elsewhere, it achieved a compromise
solution which avoided bloodshed and extremism. And
in so doing, it gave Britain a constitution with the
flexibility to accommodate the great social, economic, and
political changes of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Its key benefits include regular Parliaments and frequent
elections, freedom of debate, accountable ministers, the emergence
of a party political system, and a system in which Britain is governed by neither executive nor legislature - but by the 'Crown in Parliament'. The history of the monarchy in politics since 1689 is one of steadily diminishing power, and the Glorious Revolution began that process: the transfer of power from the Crown to the people.
