The
Abolition of Domestic Rates etc (Scotland) Act 1987
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The Abolition of
Domestic Rates etc (Scotland) Act 1987 was Mrs Thatcher's Frankenstein
creation. Just as
in Shelley's original story, the monster went on to destroy its
creator. Thatcher's poll tax destroyed her, a destruction that was
overdue and widely celebrated. Taking from the poor to give to the
rich is the everyday practice of establishment politicians, but to
commit the principle so boldly to print in the Abolition of Domestic
Rates
etc (Scotland) Act 1987 was a big mistake. We fought her law
and we won!"
Tommy Sheridan MSP
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Born and educated in Glasgow,
Tommy
Sheridan is an economics and politics graduate from the University of
Stirling. A former Glasgow City Councillor, representing the ward
of Pollok, he was elected while serving a 6 month sentence at Saughton
Prison for breaching a court order banning interference in a poll tax
warrant sale.
He co-authored with Joan McAlpine Time to Rage;, which chronicled the
anti-Poll Tax Struggle in England and Wales. He also co-authored
Imagine; with Allan McCombes, on a vision of socialism for
Scotland. A regular columnist for Scottish Socialist Voice, he
has also written various pamphlets.
Tommy Sheridan was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 as MSP
for the Scottish Socialist Party in the Glasgow Region and successfully
re-elected in 2003. During that time he has introduced two
Private Member’s Bills: Abolition of Poindings & Warrant Sales
Bill, passed December 2000 and the School Meals (Scotland) Bill,
defeated June 2002.
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