Trainspotting – MT Research

Trainspotting – MT Research – 01/10/2018

Oliver Ginifer

Poll tax (also known as the community charge) was a set amount of money that an individual had to pay no matter their earnings or living situation, it was introduced in scotland from 1989 in replacement of domestic rates, it was then introduced into England and Wales during 1990. It was introduced in scotland first due to the fact that a small amount of people voted for Margret Thatcher in Scotland, therefore she did not lose and of her voters, she used scotland as a ‘trial run’ and to pick out and problems that arose without it being a problem for the entire of the UK. This I think is the reason Thatcher was so unpopular, not only did she introduce this to scotland first but the reason of this was only found out in 2014, meaning the scottish people wouldn’t have known it was anyone but thatcher that made this decision.