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WE are fast approaching 30 years since the the largest act of civil disobedience in Scottish history: the non-payment of the Community Charge, commonly known as the Poll Tax.
When Margaret Thatcher’s government implemented the tax in Scotland a year earlier than in England and Wales, campaigners organised quickly and efficiently.
In addition to encouraging non-payments, anti-poll tax unions organised mass protests and resisted bailiffs by picketing and occupying their offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, roaming the streets with cars and radios on the lookout.
The venom with which Scottish communities in particular led the attack on the poll tax arguably played a huge role in its eventual abolition — and in Margaret Thatcher’s subsequent resignation.
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by Dr Ewan Gibbs, University of the West of Scotland