The Poll Tax Revolt 1

"The people who took part in the Poll Tax rebellion are Working Class heroes"
Andy Murphy - Class War

The UK Poll Tax Riots were a series of mass disturbances, or riots, in British cities during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the poll tax), introduced by the Conservative government led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. By far the largest occurred in central London on Saturday March 31, 1990, shortly before the poll tax was due to come into force in England and Wales.

The disorder in London arose from a demonstration which began at 11am. The rioting and looting ended at 3am the next morning. This protest is called the Battle of Trafalgar because much of the rioting took place in Trafalgar Square.

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_Tax...

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[08KHBoy93]

GOOD

[huwlemmey]

WONDERFUL

[Magnus Bernhardsen]

No. it is policemen who have lost their hats.

[Charles Davenport]

I was there in '90, and I'll be there again in 2012. Next year they'll hear from us, and threats of water cannon, plastic bullets and whatever other middle-eastern methods the tory cunts use against their own citizens will only make us more fucking irey.

[EKRECORDSINFO]

yes ... class war!

[asiq1987]

5:42 the is one strong police man poor cunt was just doing his job i bet he was pissed off at poll tax's is well

[Brick Vader]

this is gonna happen again. real soon.

[tyolin]

wow 1990 21 years

[psgsummers]

6.15, yeeeaah Brixton!

[shahideurope]

For municipal services, every registered voter that is.

[TheHotdoggirl]

respect!!!

[Tzimnewman3]

Every person in the UK was told that they would need to pay a tax. At the same time people could not already afford to pay any more money because of the economic situation at the time.