Council Tax again!!!

[Diver]

"Only Labour would think of taxing people for looking out of their windows."

Actually, this has been done before. Daylight robbery, actually.

It was called the Window Tax and resulted in people bricking up their windows. Pitt's Portraits, they were called, the bricked-up windows.

You can still see evidence of it in older buildings all over the country.

[AtW]

It was called the Window Tax

Did they charge more if the view outside a window was nice?

What the next Parliament should do is a to make a law that would equate any suggestion to increase or introduce new tax with treason

[Diver]

Did they charge more if the view outside a window was nice?

What the next Parliament should do is a to make a law that would equate any suggestion to increase or introduce new tax with treason

No! they charged based on the amount of windows in the property.
The window tax did not last long, it meant that the upper classes with their large mansions and houses were paying the most

[AtW]

This country lost it's biggest colony due to taxation, ffs, surely the Govt would have gotten a clue? I am suprised UK people are not revolting

[Diver]

This country lost it's biggest colony due to taxation, ffs, surely the Govt would have gotten a clue? I am surprised UK people are not revolting

Most of the people are

[threaded]

http://www.rottenborough.org.uk/Policeman.html

[SueEllen]

This country lost it's biggest colony due to taxation, ffs, surely the Govt would have gotten a clue? I am suprised UK people are not revolting

Remember the Poll Tax Riots.

[OwlHoot]

It was called the Window Tax and resulted in people bricking up their windows. Pitt's Portraits, they were called, the bricked-up windows.

The reason for taxing windows was that they are visible from outside - It has always been unconstitutional in Britain for officers of the crown or their assignees to demand entrance to law abiding peoples' dwellings without a search warrant granted on good grounds (except in civil emergencies or war time).

The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. His home may be frail, its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter, but the King of England himself cannot enter. All the King's forces dare not enter, nor cross the threshold of the tenement

Parliament in the mid 18th century (the time when that quote was made in a commons speech) would never have sanctioned council tax valuations with inspectors snooping about inside private properties and even taking photos. I'm certainly planning to refuse them entry when they come knocking.

[TheFaQQer]

Just got my Council Tax bill ofr the new year

£2001.28!!!!! £2001.28

Jesus ******* Christ!!!!!! It's gone up by over 6%.

******* thieving bastards!!!!!!!

I feel your pain. My bill has just gone up to over £1300 this year!

And it's only a five bedroom house,too.

[AtW]

Parliament in the mid 18th century (the time when that quote was made in a commons speech) would never have sanctioned council tax valuations with inspectors snooping about inside private properties and even taking photos.

I guess back then most of current Nu Liebour MPs would have been in the Tower or sent to Australia...