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"),...

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"...

A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference...

the Poll Tax), led to widespread refusal to pay and to incidents of civil unrest, known colloquially as the 'Poll Tax Riots'. Some types of taxes have...

enforcement measures caused civil unrest, and ultimately led to the Poll Tax riots. The new tax became a major electoral liability for the Conservative Party...

introduction of a poll tax 1993: Welling riots, October 1993. A march organised by the ANL, the SWP and Militant resulted in riots against the Metropolitan...

Conservative government over the Community Charge or Poll Tax (indeed, the notorious Poll Tax Riots took place only days after the by-election). Sylvia...

Anti Poll Tax Federation, commonly known as "the Fed", was an organisation in Great Britain to co-ordinate the activities of local Anti-Poll Tax Unions...

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injured in the riots, including 12 police officers. The clashes were the most serious civil disorder in London since the poll tax riots in 1990. The Metropolitan...

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Iain Sinclair argued that his message is fundamentally conservative: "poll-tax riots and uprisings at Broadwater Farm Estate are coeval with the burning...

included in a Pet Shop Boys video. During the 1990 Poll Tax Riots, the building was set alight by rioters, although not seriously damaged. The first fully...

The Riot Act 1714 was introduced during a time of civil disturbance in Great Britain, including the Sacheverell riots of 1710, the Coronation riots of...

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riots in India 1989 – Purple Rain Riot (South Africa) 1989 – Anti-Sikh Riots of Jammu 1990 – Poll Tax Riots (London) 1990 – Strangeways Prison Riot (Manchester...

Waldegrave during the design of the Community Charge, which led to the Poll Tax Riots. In 1933, he married Barbara Judith Hutchinson (1911–1989). They had...

rate-capping rebellion in 1985 and over the poll tax in 1990, with Hackney being one of the centres of the poll tax riots. An independent inquiry in 1998 was...

Lamb of the Metropolitan Police Service, a veteran of the May Day and Poll Tax riots, described this as the worst violence he had ever experienced. Fifteen...

campaign slogan "We are many, they are few" used by protesters during the Poll tax riots of 1989–90 in the United Kingdom, and also inspired the title of the...

poll tax" [3] (See also Poll Tax Riots.) Peter Taaffe argues that: The experience of mass struggles outside the Labour Party, above all in the Poll Tax...

occur if they were not deployed. Waddington uses examples from three Poll Tax Riots to illustrate that the assumption that their deployment causes violence...

Africa House. In 1990, the Poll Tax Riots began by a demonstration attended by 200,000 people and ultimately caused rioting in the surrounding area. More...

group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the institution of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms. While the brief rebellion enjoyed...

aggressively at her cabinet, refusing to accept that the "Poll Tax" is unjust, even while it is causing riots, and fiercely opposed to European integration. Her...

orderly dispersal with very few arrests and no injuries: compared to the poll tax riots, this was a good conclusion. In a piece in the Birmingham Post he wrote...

businesses). The Community Charge was extremely unpopular, leading to the poll tax riots of 1990, and contributing to the resignation of Margaret Thatcher as...

about Great Britain's decision to tax the American colonies despite a lack of representation in Parliament. The tax on tea particularly angered the colonists...

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Marquee Club in Tottenham Court Road, London on the same day as the Poll Tax Riots were taking place in the streets outside. Many fans were caught in the...