Thomas Paine Independents - Mark Taylor, Kris Brooks and the Essex Angels

Kris Brooks elected. The Group got over around 4000 votes. This video was too large for restream so I have uploaded it.

Essex Angels, Excellent video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfGVSseBeog

https://twitter.com/FTCorguk/status/1656015663687770123?s=20

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CAN WE ALL RETWEET THIS PLEASE

https://twitter.com/CherylTay66/status/1656232591639322624?s=20

The statement "an act of parliament contrary to reason is void" is a legal principle that is often attributed to Sir Edward Coke, who was a prominent English jurist and legal scholar in the 16th and 17th centuries.

This principle means that if a law passed by Parliament is irrational, absurd, or contradictory to fundamental principles of reason, it is considered void and has no legal effect. This is based on the idea that the purpose of law is to promote the common good and protect individual rights, and that laws that are contrary to reason are inherently unjust and therefore cannot be upheld.

Coke expressed similar views in his book "The Institutes of the Laws of England," specifically in Part 2, Chapter 5, Section 38. While he did not use the exact phrase "an act of parliament contrary to reason is void," he did write that "the law, which is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is repugnant to it." He also argued that "the common law will control Acts of Parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void, for when an Act of Parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it and adjudge such an Act to be void."

This principle has been widely accepted in common law jurisdictions, including in the United States, where it is sometimes referred to as the doctrine of unconstitutional conditions. It serves as an important check on the power of legislative bodies and helps to ensure that laws are consistent with fundamental legal principles.