Poll tax riots - Wikipedia
Peaceful anti-poll tax protesters outside the Palace of Westminster on the afternoon of 31 March, before the rioting began. By 2:30 p.m. on 31 March 1990, Trafalgar Square was nearing its capacity. Unable to continue moving easily into Trafalgar Square, at about 3 p.m. a march stopped in Whitehall.
Poll tax riots - 20 years after violence shook London - BBC News
2010年3月31日 · But the riot that turned London's Trafalgar Square, a top tourism spot, into a battleground between police and protesters came to be seen by many as the fatal blow for the government's...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1990: Violence flares in poll tax …
Eyewitness reports describe a cloud of black smoke over Trafalgar Square. The violence erupted just after 1600 BST following a peaceful march against the poll tax which saw up to 70,000...
Poll tax (Great Britain) - Wikipedia
There were further conflicts and protests, but none on the scale of the Trafalgar Square riot. As the amount of the poll tax began to rise and the inefficiency of local councils in their collection of the tax became apparent, large numbers of people refused to pay.
Margaret Thatcher Tax Triggers Riot - On This Day
2018年3月4日 · March 31, 1990 — A plume of black smoke hung over Trafalgar Square on this day as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's poll tax triggered the worst riots seen in London for a century. Officially called the Community Charge, it replaced the "Rates" – a system of local government taxation based on the estimated rental value of a house.
The Battle of Trafalgar Square: The poll tax riots revisited
2010年3月25日 · 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
Revolt: The story of England’s first protest - Archives Media …
2020年1月15日 · Matt Norman: This is the sound of police officers charging angry protesters in Trafalgar Square at the violent climax of the infamous 1990 Poll Tax Riot in London. It’s from footage...
British win repeal of Poll Tax (flat tax), 1989-1990 | Global ...
The Federation tried to change the location of the demonstration, but this was denied on the grounds that the police had already prepared for it on Trafalgar Square. People came in starting around 11 A.M, and the total reached about 200,000.
The Poll Tax Riots: Twenty Years On - Londonist
2010年3月31日 · A large group of protesters marched from Kennington Park to Trafalgar Square, and the demonstration turned nasty in the afternoon, with looting and disorder running through into the wee hours...
Poll tax riots - 20 years after violence shook London
But the riot that turned London's Trafalgar Square, a top tourism spot, into a battleground between police and protesters came to be seen by many as the fatal blow for the government's...
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