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England has been in a state of permanent revolution for 300 years. We just do things differently. A look at our social history shows this. But as I said, the Poll Tax riots were a departure. This was because the tax was so retrograde, and far reaching in its implications, on the more balanced...

I was a young man earning half the average wage. The introduction of the Poll Tax cost me about 8% of my monthly income, whilst the top earners gained considerably more than that. There will be differing views, but I felt a little hard done by.

So it took ten years to tame the lady first !

sir albion I have a slightly different view. Friedrich Engels, in 'The Condition of the Working Class in England', once said that the English, often seen as cowardly on the continent, have been in quiet revolution for centuries, rather than short violent episodes. 150 years later, I agree. We...

I do remember it being a beautiful day, very warm. I don't remember there being any forecast of trouble. As much as I am a pacifist, I find myself still very neutral about that day, finding it hard to condemn what happened. The Poll Tax was nothing short of a nasty affliction cast upon the...

For those too young to remember... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_Tax_Riots The Albion played at Newcastle that day. Was anyone in London ?