Poll Tax Riots

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The Poll Tax Riots were large-scale protests and civil disturbances across the United Kingdom in 1990 opposing Margaret Thatcher’s unpopular Community Charge tax, contributing to her eventual downfall as Prime Minister.

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Generate an image of the Poll Tax Riots (The Poll Tax Riots were large-scale protests and civil disturbances across the United Kingdom in 1990 opposing Margaret Thatcher’s unpopular Community Charge tax, contributing to her eventual downfall as Prime Minister.)

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Poll Tax Riots canonical 1
Poll Tax controversy 1
Poll tax riots 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil disturbance ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
riot ⓘ
chronologyWithin late Thatcher era ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs one of the largest riots in modern British history ⓘ
followedBy introduction of Council Tax ⓘ
hasCause Community Charge ⓘ
opposition to Margaret Thatcher's tax policy ⓘ
poll tax ⓘ
hasEffectOn Conservative Party popularity ⓘ
debate on civil disobedience in Britain ⓘ
public perception of policing in the UK ⓘ
location England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Scotland ⓘ
Trafalgar Square ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster

various UK cities ⓘ
mainOpposingPolitician Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy BBC ⓘ
British press ⓘ
notableConsequence damage to property in central London ⓘ
hundreds of arrests ⓘ
injuries to protesters and police ⓘ
numberOfParticipants over 200000 in London demonstration ⓘ
opposedBy Conservative government ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
opposedPolicyOf Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
opposes Community Charge ⓘ
flat-rate local taxation ⓘ
participant Anti Poll Tax Federation ⓘ
Metropolitan Police ⓘ
Militant tendency activists ⓘ
anti-poll tax protesters ⓘ
riot police ⓘ
partOf British protest history ⓘ
opposition to the Community Charge ⓘ
result contributed to resignation of Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
erosion of support for Community Charge ⓘ
political crisis for Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
review of local taxation system ⓘ
significantEventDate 1990-03-31 ⓘ
significantPlace Downing Street ⓘ
Trafalgar Square ⓘ
Whitehall ⓘ
startTime 1990 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Community Charge → notableEvent → Poll tax riots ⓘ
linked to: Poll Tax Riots
Conservative Party leadership election 1990 → relatedEvent → Poll Tax controversy ⓘ
linked to: Poll Tax Riots
31 March 1990 London poll tax riot → partOf → anti-poll tax movement ⓘ
linked to: Poll Tax Riots