Today in Labor History March 31, 1990: 200,000 people protested against the new Poll Tax in London. The new tax shifted the burden from the somewhat progressive tax based on property values, to an entirely regressive tax.
@MikeDunnAuthor I evaded the whole lot by accident due to a Council strike, LB Greenwich didn't process my form showing I'd moved out of Reading!
Was fine until I got nicked for minor drug possession in London in 1994 - Metpol had 0 record of me existing, and sent Thames Valley Police to my family home at 06:00 to do a citizenship check (as I am brown), which was awkward with my parents (as they knew I had got in trouble and that wouldn't normally have happened as I was over 18 by then)
@MikeDunnAuthor Incidentally I did go on one of the Poll Tax protests, but I can't remember if its the same one in your toot (there were a few in 1990)