DORSET poll tax protestors took to the streets in April 1990. Despite protests in London erupting in riots just day before, the marches in Bournemouth and Blandford were good humoured – with ...

Thousands had been expected at the march in central London which culminated ... in Trafalgar Square - scene of the infamous poll tax riots in 1990 - for the rally organised by the Is It Fair ...

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381, also known as Tyler's Revolt and The 14th Century Poll Tax Riots, happened for complex ... had a long memory. On 31 March, 1990, between 180,000 and 250,000 ...

The flagship poll tax policy had been designed to iron out inconsistencies in local finance but it became a hugely unpopular millstone around Margaret Thatcher's party's neck. A flat charge for ...

It was the year of the Happy Mondays, Madchester, Mutant Turtles, Mandela's release, the Gulf War, Poll Tax riots, Betty Boo, MC Hammer, the Stone Roses, Vanilla Ice and watching Neighbours twice ...

FORMER PM Margaret Thatcher was threatened with a fine for failing to register for the poll tax, declassified documents reveal today. The former prime minister’s introduction of the hated tax in ...

The poll tax riots of 1990 came close to rocking the political establishment in a tumultuous wave of rebellion. For a moment, Downing Street trembled. Then it caved, Thatcher faced a leadership ...

there never seemed any danger of violent scenes like those in Trafalgar Square during the Poll Tax riots of March, 1990. In contrast, much of Whitehall was completely quiet last Sunday.

On radio, John Snagge handed commentary to Brian Johnston, then tragedy struck; 31st March 1990 was the blackest ... as it was the same day as the poll tax riots in central London.

a large blaze breaking out at the Assembly House in 1996 and Queen Elizabeth II visiting the city in 1994. The decade also saw Status Quo play Carrow Road and the poll tax riots erupt across the city.

Closer home, protests against the hut and poll taxes catalysed the Mau Mau fight for liberation and eventually gave birth to our 50 year old independence. Riots against taxation are a reflection ...