Saturday 31st March 1990 seen the largest of several recent poll tax riots/protests take place, in London.
Many believe this was the beginning of the end for Tory leader, Thatcher, who stood down as PM later
that year. Thatcher and her Tory government used Scotland, as usual, as a guinea pig and imposed the
Community Charge (Poll Tax) on Scotland, one year ahead of the rest of the UK.
Thatcher was replaced by Major and he immediately changed the name of the tax to Council Tax.
It was supposed to be based on "the ability to pay" but that turned out to be the usual Westminster lies.
This "new tax" did not take into account, a persons income but it did take into account the value of a
persons property. This Council Tax is STILL a burden around the necks of most Scots today.
EXACTLY 22 years later, to this very day, we still have this Tory Tax and we still have a Tory government
at Westminster. A Tory government that Scotland, yet again, did not vote for.
The only way of making sure that Scotland gets what Scotland votes for is to vote for Independence.
BTW: This was posted on Saturday 31st March 2012 (BST) @12.56am (and not Fri 30th @11.56pm).
Just to clarify any confusion that may arise.