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Poll Tax
Series title:[Sunday Morning : excerpt]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):422587Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:GRAY, ElizabethAccession:2010-0012Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Release date:1989-04-16Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:interviewer/reporter, Elizabeth GrayDescription:Documentary about the poll tax imposed by the British government and widespread public opposition to it because it is a tax levied at the same rate regardless of a person’s ability to pay. It was levied first in Scotland. Interviewees include Scots politicians and the chair of an anti-poll tax campaign in Glasgow. Actuality includes: people singing a song against the poll tax; an excerpt of a news broadcast of the results of a by-election won by an anti-poll tax candidate; a play being performed in Glasgow about the community that refuses to pay the tax; and part of the song I’ll Burn Your Playhouse Down, by The Proclaimers. <18mn 54s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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