title: For the good of all.
abstract: The poll tax furore gathered momentum last week, with daily reports of civil disturbance at the doors of Council chambers where councillors have been attempting to set a rate. Thecharge's unpopularity among party faithfuls and opponents alike is having a dramatic effect on the opinion polls. The Conservative Party now faces the prospect of overturning its biggest evermid-term slump. Based on the widespread dissatisfaction with the community charge, the Government has no doubt won little favour with the hundreds of thousands of nurses who will face paying the poll tax from April 1.