General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

As regards the Community Charge, it was a long long time ago (in a galaxy far far away) but the Conservatives said or planned or lied about, the Community Charge, by saying that the charge would be about £80 a year per person, but and I am not sure about this figure, the actual charge was more like £300 a year, so you could have had something like a terraced house with four occupants, say mum, dad, and two grown up children who are both working, and annual rates bill for the house was about £180, so with the introduction of the community charge, instead of paying £180 a year, the household would be paying £1200 a year (4 X £300) and that was what all the rioting and trouble was about.

The Conservatives blamed the Local Councils, particularly Labour Councils for setting an high rate of Community Charge, and the rest is history, and it led to the downfall of Margaret Thatcher.