Margaret Thatcher & The Poll Tax

During a Q & A, following the screening of ‘East End Lives’ at a festival in France, I answered a question which suggested the people in the films were damaged by the policies of Margaret Thatcher. I enthusiastically agreed that Thatcher had a negative impact on the country and the lives of millions but pointed out there was still solidarity and a resolve to defend living standards in the UK which Thatcherism had not broken.

Poll Tax protester, near Trafalgar Square 1990