31 March 1990 London poll tax riot

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demonstration political event protest riot

The 31 March 1990 London poll tax riot was a major anti-government demonstration in central London that escalated into violent clashes and widespread disorder in opposition to Margaret Thatcher’s poll tax.

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Label	Occurrences
31 March 1990 London poll tax riot canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demonstration ⓘ political event ⓘ protest ⓘ riot ⓘ
followedBy	growing Conservative Party unrest over the poll tax ⓘ
hasCause	introduction of the poll tax in England and Wales ⓘ public opposition to the Community Charge ⓘ
hasConsequence	arrests of demonstrators ⓘ damage to property in central London ⓘ increased public pressure against the poll tax ⓘ injuries to protesters and police ⓘ political embarrassment for the Thatcher government ⓘ
hasCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDate	1990-03-31 ⓘ
hasGovernmentResponse	police deployment to control crowds ⓘ public condemnation of violence by officials ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
hasIssue	economic inequality ⓘ social justice ⓘ taxation policy ⓘ
hasLanguageContext	English-speaking United Kingdom ⓘ
hasLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Central London ⓘ surface form: central London
hasMainCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hasMonth	March ⓘ
hasMotivation	opposition to perceived unfairness of the poll tax ⓘ
hasOppositionMovement	Anti Poll Tax Federation ⓘ
hasParticipants	Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Police anti-poll tax protesters ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext	Conservative government of the United Kingdom ⓘ late 1980s and early 1990s British politics ⓘ
hasTypeOfViolence	clashes with police ⓘ public disorder ⓘ riot ⓘ
hasYear	1990 ⓘ
isNotableFor	being one of the largest anti-poll tax protests ⓘ scale of violence in central London ⓘ
opposedGovernment	Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ
opposedLeader	Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
opposedPolicy	Community Charge ⓘ poll tax ⓘ
partOf	Poll Tax Riots ⓘ surface form: anti-poll tax movement
precededBy	introduction of the poll tax in Scotland in 1989 ⓘ
relatedTo	abolition of the Community Charge ⓘ poll tax riots in other parts of the United Kingdom ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ surface form: premiership of Margaret Thatcher
tookPlaceIn	England ⓘ

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Community Charge → notableProtest → 31 March 1990 London poll tax riot ⓘ