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Oliver Cromwell’s speech attacking the Long Parliament in 1653 has gone down in history.

The Long Parliament had sat for 13 years when Cromwell called for it to go.

This was denied by the government's lawyer, David Johnston, who said when and for how long Parliament should be prorogued is a long-established political decision for the government, rather than a legal matter for the court to decide.

In the tradition of the Good Parliament, the Long Parliament, the Addled Parliament and the Cavalier Parliament, will history remember the short, but eventful parliament of 2015-17?

Quoting the words of Oliver Cromwell to the Long Parliament in the mid-17th Century, he told Chamberlain: "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go."