ITN Newsflash 'London poll tax riots' 31/03/1990

[Cool2BCeltic]

As I've said elsewhere, Fiona Armstrong is one very sexy and stylish woman.

[supahdupahguy81]

@wayne2020z

Very profund predition...

[matrixsenior]

Who cares about the politics? How hot does Fiona Armstrong look?!!!

[joinusinsong]

Now its Camerons turn to face this :)

[Conspiruhcy]

I think many of you are forgetting that the poll tax had already been introduced in Scotland a year before this.

[London2272]

@Conspiruhcy We formed our APTUs down here and liased with he ones up there, I remember Tommy Sheridan, inspiring. We all knew the Scots were being used to test the bastard poll tax, if they could get away with it up there, they'd certainly get away with it down here. Well, the Scots fought like tigers, even rent strikes, occupations and chasing off of bailliffs. Us who were active won't ever forget the Scots working class, and the inspiration to us you really were. No bullshit. Quality people.

[blairomatic]

Get those animals off those horses!

[TruthandJusticeUK]

@myrnaloysboy Sadly she was gunned down by Barry George.

[myrnaloysboy]

@TruthandJusticeUK No that was Jill Dando. I'm pleased to report **BREAKING NEWS** that Fiona can now be seen on the BBC newschannel.

[cwilliams1976]

Fiona Armstrong, who was last located in the Border region

[Kevinasp]

It was a stupid idea as well as wrong. A family of five on a low income were paying the same as a millionaire living alone in a large mansion nearby. 13 million people aren't going to pay a tax they weren't going to pay before?

[pterobsven]

Despite being an upstanding member of the public... that was the greatest day ever!

[songforanyone]

Check out ( JOHN MCCULLAGH "ILL DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE MRS THATCHER"........On youtube or Myspace, Well worth a listen

[Gaffer96]

happy days

[tallblondguy99]

This day marked the beginning of the end for Thatcher. These guys were just having a party 7 months early. Partytime!

[Kevinasp]

I think she had been on the slide for a few months beforehand... but it was a contributory factor yes.

[pianoman1237]

0:27 = FAIL!

[pterobsven]

Haha yeh - it was the bloke he ran into who was actually hitting the cops with a stick!

[cool80090]

She wanted to tax everyone the same amount by reducing income tax considerably and introducing new taxes like this one. Unemployed, working class, women with children would pay the same tax as wealthy greedy bankers and investers (THAT'S WHAT SHE TRULY WANTED)

[caalz]

poll tax is a horrible idead imposed by aristocartic hirearchy of the british government

[yetiflicker]

pull the cunts of the horses....its the only way.

[miraoister]

i love a good riot...but the prick in the bomber jacket and red barret at 0:22!

[crawleygat37]

High Poll Tax bill had more to do with corrupt money wasting local councils who dont even want to provide the services you are paying for. Only empty your bins every other week cos its GREEN..more like will save us some money give us a pay rise oh, and invest the rest in IceSave.!

[0114owl1867]

coppers got a good bashing and rightly so if they'd have backed their people up against the corrupt tory government this would not have happened, people come first, everything else comes second especially the conservative govn't at the time, the poll tax was like the csa is completely unfair and a disgrace to normal everyday people who just wanna live their lives

[couleddie]

Dear, dear, we are bitter aren't we. Look mate, if it wasn't for the Tories you'd be living in a total police state now so stop whining about stuff you know F all about. The poll tax was a damn site fairer than Council Tax because everyone paid. It's not that a lot of the people couldn't pay, it was that they WOULDN'T pay. Should've built more jails and put the lazy scum in there.

[0114owl1867]

if it wasn't for the tory government we wouldnt have had to have moved out of our own house into a council one, seeing as margaret bastard thatcher crucified sheffield and south yorkshire, DECIMATING our local economy by pit closures and steel workers and all kinds of manufacturing closures, tories = twats, an dont start goin on bout things getting closed due to them losing money - thats a load of bollox, poll tax was a major disaster and was the end of thatcher - HIGH FIVE ANYONE ???

[tihad31]

@0114owl1867

I totally agree

[London2272]

@0114owl1867 Big high five mate. Also, it cost around 10 billion quid in today's money for that cunt Thatcher to close down the pits, just to have her revenge on the NUM, and now they're trying to reopen them.

There's no industry left, all our old services, water, electricty, gas, are owned overseas, and the big supermarkets are closing down our high streets. What a fucking legacy.

[crawleygat37]

As a nation, we should support the police when busloads of troublemakers arrive in the capital intent on causing trouble. If they choose to turn violent, then they cant expect reasoning or understanding. Nor can they expect to be sat on the naughty chair for half an hour. Attack the police, expect the consequences. And quite right too..!!

[Maoistaethiest]

You are a stupid twat, do you know that?

[DrMrEcho]

The copper on the horse should of got an Estah Heart of Gold for that. Those were the days!

[miraoister]

If your gonna try to wack a copper on horse, do it propperly and practice a few times way in advance, otherwise you gonna end up like the poor soul at 0:30!

[fuckwithfire1984]

The police are corrupt fascist bastards who are hated by absolutely everyone. Only someone who's sick in the head would consider joining the police or the army.

[cake5000]

@fuckwithfire1984 Now hold on a minute, the Army I would understand but the police? Even though in this case the police were wrong, they do help and protect our country.

[Pommit]

@cake5000 - No, they don't. How do you think that?

[cake5000]

@Pommit You need rules and order matey. :/

[DJDiscDrive]

if council tax suddenly jumped to £8000 and there was a white van kicking your family out and taking all your stuff im sure after living in a caravan for 6 months you'd be the first down there ready to belt someone

[Cleric775]

@DJDiscDrive

Coming to the town near you soon!