Tommy Sheridan, The Daily Record And Socialist Unity - Rewriting Poll Tax History

Ugh, this makes me seethe! An article appearing in The Daily Record and Socialist Unity once again rakes up the Poll Tax - and in a not-very-clever reworking of history, we are led to believe that it was the Scots who "spread" the Protest Campaign to England and Wales! Yep, apparently we English were bleating around like a load of sheep, as usual! It took the brave and noble Scots to energise us.

Rubbish! The arrogance of it!

I find this particularly offensive as I joined an anti-poll tax group in England in 1988 and we were going great guns by the beginning of 1989. Indeed, there were similar groups all around England before the end of 1988.

But was it worth it? After all, with history being rewritten at the Daily Record and Socialist Unity, one can hardly believe that the English had any gumption on the matter at all before the Scots showed them the way.

Drivel!

And let us not forget that the Poll Tax was the brainchild of Douglas Mason, a Scot!

Here's some stuff about the campaign in England in 1988 and 1989 -

https://www.1980sactual.com/2010/02/poll-tax.html


This one by Maria