27-01-2026

Poll Tax (1990)		Iraq (2003)
Differences	Similarities	Differences
Resulted in riots	Poorly received by the public	Only large protests
Led to Margaret Thatcher’s resignation	Harmed Prime Minister reputation	Tony Blair was still re-elected with a loss of 5% of seats
Made major imbalance between the poor and rich	Forced through/delivered policy	Led to the loss of many lives
Ignore Cabinets but was still given information and kept professional	Exercising Prime Minister Power	Intentionally ignored and lied to Cabinet
Cabinet regained power after Margaret Thatcher’s resignation		Manipulated government agencies via. political pressure to provide more ideal results