Poll tax riots - Wikipedia
The poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), introduced by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Poll tax (Great Britain) - Wikipedia
The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
1990: Chaos, Carnage & Bloodshed in Poll Tax Riots - YouTube
Mar 31, 2022 · 'On This Day 1990: Chaos, Carnage & Bloodshed in Poll Tax Riots'On This Day in 1990, serious violence broke out in London during a protest against a new coun...
Poll tax riots - 20 years after violence shook London
Mar 31, 2010 · In the London poll tax riots, up to 3,000 demonstrators turned on police, attacking them with bricks, bottles and scaffolding poles, and 340 were arrested. Of 113 people injured, 45 were police....
National Archives: Thatcher's poll tax miscalculation - BBC
Dec 30, 2016 · The poll tax (or community charge) was supposed to make local council finance fairer and more accountable. Instead it triggered civil disobedience and riots and a rebellion in the...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1990: Violence flares in poll tax …
An anti-poll tax rally in central London has erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers are among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses.
Revolt: The story of England’s first protest - Archives Media …
Jan 15, 2020 · In 1990, a march in protest of the government’s poll tax turned violent as police and marchers clashed. The Poll Tax Riots became one of the most infamous protests in recent British history. But...
1989-1990: Opposition to the Poll Tax - libcom.org
May 20, 2009 · Widespread protests and a highly successful campaign of non-payment eventually forced the government to scrap the poll tax and played a large part in the eventual downfall of Margaret Thatcher. In 1989 the Conservative government realised their long-held objective of introducing a flat-rate poll tax in Britain.
Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Fight to Stop the Poll Tax on JSTOR
In 1990 Trafalgar Square was witness to scenes of violence the like of which had not been seen in central London for a hundred years. It was a cry of sheer frustration and anger at the Conservative Government’s ‘flagship policy’ of the Community Charge – …
The Battle of Trafalgar Square: The poll tax riots revisited
Mar 25, 2010 · London's poll tax riot, 20 years ago next week, has come to symbolise the end of Thatcherism. But how was it for those involved? David Graham revisits the scene