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In 2003, a British protest movement started to build up against rises in the local property tax, known as council tax. The movement’s street demonstrations received wide media coverage because most protesters were pensioners, older than 65. The media stressed the age of the protesters; for example, the Daily Telegraph described them as ‘the grey army that marches against Blair’ (Sylvester 2003).
We [older people, AG] are becoming more protesting.
Interviewee J, a 68-year-old woman from the Southwest of England, in an interview with the author in November 2005.
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Goerres, A. (2009). The Experience of Older Participants in the English Council Tax Protests in 2004/5. In: The Political Participation of Older People in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230233959_7
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