Poll Tax Riots

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civil disturbance protest movement riot

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Poll Tax Riots canonical	1
Poll Tax controversy	1
Poll tax riots	1
anti-poll tax movement	1

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, England ⓘ surface form: London Scotland ⓘ Trafalgar Square ⓘ Wales ⓘ City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: 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 Service ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

poll tax (Community Charge) → associatedWithEvent → Poll Tax Riots ⓘ

Community Charge → notableEvent → Poll Tax Riots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poll tax riots

Conservative Party leadership election 1990 → relatedEvent → Poll Tax Riots ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poll Tax controversy

31 March 1990 London poll tax riot → partOf → Poll Tax Riots ⓘ

this entity surface form: anti-poll tax movement