Badge - Poll Tax

Object

Badge

Production date

1989

Object number

2026.6

Physical Description

White Poll Tax badge with red text and a red curved line at the bottom.

Object history

This badge was made to campaign against the Poll Tax, which was a tax introduced in by Margaret Thatcher's government 1989 for Scotland, and 1990 in England / Wales. Each Taxpayer would be taxed the same fixed amount, with each amount being set by the Local Authority. This tax was extremely unpopular and let to nation-wide protests and riots.

Associated Event

Anti Poll Tax Demonstrations

Associated Organisation

Hackney against the Poll Tax Federation

Associated Place

Hackney (Place)

Material

Metal

Dimension

Height: 5mm
Diameter: 36mm

On display?

Inscription

Poll Tax: whose bloody silly idea was it anyway?
Poll Tax Campaign.co ILP 49 Top Moor Side. Leeds 11