Left-wing TDs demand tax revolt

A MASS revolt against looming property and water taxes was demanded by left-wing TDs last night.

Despite the risk of non-payers ending up in jail, the deputies insisted that if up to one million people refused to register for the charges, the Government would be powerless to move against them.

The €100 household levy, which is expected to be replaced in 2013 by a charge that is estimated could range up to €1,000 a year on average, was branded an “austerity tax” by People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett, who invoked the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi to support breaking the law.