Comments by "John Brereton" (@johnbrereton5229) on "Farage complains rightly about Angela Rayner's abolition of May council elections across the country" video.

  1. No taxation without Representation is enshrined in both Chapter 12 of the Magna Carta and in the 1689 English Bill of Rights. Therefore, no elections, no Taxes, they will soon reinstate them if no one pays !
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  2. @davidmcintyre8145  Yes of course in the 12th century it had no relevance to the peasantry. However, today it does and its provisions have been repeated and updated in subsequent laws like the 1689 Bill of Rights.
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  3. @davidmcintyre8145  Yes of course the people are Sovereign and it states this in our Constitution and was pointed out by Proffessor AV Dicey in his famous book; The Law of the Constitution as well as in William Bagehots book, the English Constitution.
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