Rates dispute. Mayor and councillors in Newby Place
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Rates dispute. Mayor and councillors in Newby Place
Rates dispute. Mayor and councillors in Newby Place
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SC_PHL_02_0962_1904 (Collage 280203)
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Rates dispute. Mayor Charles Edwin Sumner and councillors in Newby Place, prior to the march, 29th July 1921. The Poplar Rates Rebellion, or Poplar Rates Revolt, was a tax protest. It was led by George Lansbury, the previous year's Labour Mayor of Poplar, with the support of the Poplar Borough Council and in defiance of the government, courts and Labour Party. George Lansbury went on to be the leader of the Labour Party.
Rates dispute. Mayor Charles Edwin Sumner and councillors in Newby Place, prior to the march, 29th July 1921. The Poplar Rates Rebellion, or Poplar Rates Revolt, was a tax protest. It was led by George Lansbury, the previous year's Labour Mayor of Poplar, with the support of the Poplar Borough Council and in defiance of the government, courts and Labour Party. George Lansbury went on to be the leader of the Labour Party.
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