Poll Tax Riots (UK, 1990)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Poll_Tax_Riots_(UK,_1990)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
right
gptkbp:arrested over 300
gptkbp:cause introduction of the Community Charge (Poll Tax)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 31 March 1990
gptkbp:destroyedBy shops looted
vehicles set on fire
buildings vandalized
gptkbp:followedBy abolition of the Poll Tax
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poll Tax Riots (UK, 1990)
gptkbp:injuries over 100
gptkbp:lawEnforcementResponse mounted police
riot police
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:mainEvent demonstration in Trafalgar Square
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Trafalgar_Square
gptkb:Whitehall
Downing Street
gptkbp:numberOfProtesters over 200,000
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Community_Charge
gptkbp:opposedPrimeMinister gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:precededBy Anti-Poll Tax protests
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Anti-Poll_Tax_movement
gptkb:Community_Charge
gptkbp:result arrests
injuries
property damage
widespread violence
gptkbp:significance contributed to the resignation of Margaret Thatcher
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Poll_Tax
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8