Originally Posted by
spectrum123
I went to the poll tax riots, that was a fun day out.
Free bus organised by the student union, with some free booze supplied. The ironic thing was, as students we were exempt from poll tax should it have been introduced!
The truth was though, there was a festering anger that had been bubbling under the surface for a number of years, between the government/police/authorities and the youth of the time. Raves, new age traveller's, and environmental protests were getting heavy handling from authorities.
The poll tax protest was mainly an excuse to kick back, so actually the poll tax itself had little to do with the riot it turned into.
Personally I had a fantastic day.