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There were NO anti Poll Tax Riots in Scotland only in England.▼
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== Location ==
▲There were NO anti Poll Tax Riots in Scotland only in England. [[Holden 27]]
== Refs ==
This page needs to be far more tightly referenced. Actually lets just make that referenced plain and simple. Some of the claims about police fabricating charges and assaulting tourists, whether true or not (I can't comment), simply should not be said without adequate support. This is exacerbated by the use of POV language such as "heavy-handed" when referring to police tactics. Philip Thomas [[User:82.38.226.155|82.38.226.155]] 13:22, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
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The article needs to references to substantiate several claims. Others are plain wrong. As for the claims to POV language I think the use of words like "heavy handed" to describe the outrageous behaviour of the Metropolitan Police then I must say a neutral observer would find it fits the facts. The Met showed themselves to be a bunch of murderous thugs on that day. I have no sympathies for the anarchist spin on events either but it is an entirely flawed to reproach the author on this specific issue when it is plainly supported by the available evidence.
'a bunch of murderous thugs on that day'.- really - how many people did they murder? <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2.98.30.75|2.98.30.75]] ([[User talk:2.98.30.75|talk]]) 14:10, 9 July 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
"The response of the London police, the far left, the labour movement and every section of the Labour Party was to condemn the riot as senseless and to blame anarchists. Some anarchists, especially the high-profile Class War organisation, were only too happy to take the credit, and were the only section of the far left to explicitly condone the riot as being largely legitimate self-defence against police attack." Is it really true that Class War and the anarchists were the only group on the far left not to condemn the riots? Sounds unlikely to me. Sam [[User:217.206.228.15|217.206.228.15]] 14:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
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--[[User:Pennine rambler|Pennine rambler]] ([[User talk:Pennine rambler|talk]]) 04:23, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
The first ref is to a newspaper article. Sheesh. My understanding is that the rates were based on an estimated sale value of a property. Who did such estimates I dont know. LGA taxes in the US are also based on property value, but it is typically a lot more since high schools and hospitals are funded at the LGA level. Typically about 1.5% of the property sale value. Collection of rubbish, etc., is a different matter. LGAs collect rubbish from individual households only. Large buildings need to contract it out.[[Special:Contributions/61.68.160.141|61.68.160.141]] ([[User talk:61.68.160.141|talk]]) 12:34, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
== Major's first speech ==
The article claims that Major announced the Council Tax in his first speech as PM. Are we sure this is true? Hezza conducted a review (in which the LibDems participated; Labour declined to do so). He initially announced "I wule nothing out, I wule nothing in". He then announced, some time in the spring, that the poll tax was to be replaced. (I remember the cheer from the Labour benches at the word "replaced").
Surely Major had made a few other speeches in the meantime?[[User:Paulturtle|Paulturtle]] ([[User talk:Paulturtle|talk]]) 05:43, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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