Pensioners from around the country gathered in Trafalgar Square - scene of the infamous poll tax riots in 1990 - for the rally organised by the Is It Fair campaign. The small crowd of protesters ...
Nosotros, el Partido del Diablo" published La Felquera in Madrid. Written by two former King Mob participants.
It likened the policy to Lady Thatcher's hated poll tax on individuals, which led to riots in 1990 and brought down her premiership. And it warned the impacts will be 'borne by workers', hitting ...
commonly known as the Poll Tax. Local council rates were replaced with a flat rate paid by every resident regardless of income. This was a huge political mistake, leading to riots and marches ...
Sir John, who scrapped the poll tax when he replaced Mrs Thatcher in Downing Street, said he was not predicting riots as a result of universal credit. But, referring to reports that millions of ho ...
SIR – In 1990 I led an investigation into the poll tax riots, in which scores of police officers suffered injury – in some ...
We rewind to 1990 to replay shocking and controversial moments in TV, music, showbiz, and politics - including Madonna's bondage fest ban on MTV, Poll Tax riots and ...
There will be images of turbulent events, such as the miners’ strike, anti-racism demonstrations and the poll tax riots by photographers including Brenda Prince, Syd Shelton and David Hoffman ...
In contrast, one cabinet minister told me "if the establishment tried to unpick the result we'd have poll tax riots". How could we possibly predict the passage of the next year's negotiations ...
Although the working-class, Birkenhead born tart-with-a-heart had already appeared on television briefly (on Jonathan Ross' chat show, and the news footage of the 'Poll Tax Riots', if we can ...
Ireland will hold an election later this month after Prime Minister Simon Harris ended months of speculation about an early ...
Ireland will hold an early general election as Prime Minister Simon Harris takes advantage of favorable poll numbers and a slump in support for Sinn Fein, the main opposition party, which is mired in ...