Poll Tax in Scotland
- Title
- Poll Tax in Scotland
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 31 Mar 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:07
- Description
- Mark Smith reports from Edinburgh on the reaction in Scotland to the Poll Tax. Isobel(?) Webster, registration officer, talks about the confusion of the public. Donald Dewar, Labour MP, speaks about the fight with the Government over the tax. Kenny MacAskill, SNP, talks about how his party has advised people not to pay the tax.
- Contributors
- Donald Dewar; Mark Smith; Isobel(?) Webster; Kenny MacAskill
- Keywords
- Taxation; Margaret Thatcher; Scotland; SNP; Protest movements; Community charge
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