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The removal of a popular paddling pool as part of the multi-million pound development of a town lido will be subject to a community poll.
BBC: Pontypridd paddling pool: Community referendum to be held
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The test - most commentators agreed - would come when he was forced to decide the future of the community charge, or poll tax - the policy that had brought ruin to his predecessor.
BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | First 100 days: John Major
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Like Blair, Thatcher's popularity waned, in part because of her determination to introduce the community charge, or "poll tax" as it became known.
BBC: A POINT OF VIEW
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One of her first actions was to introduce the poll tax or community charge, a flat-rate tax for local services which was based on individuals rather than the value of the property in which they lived.
BBC: Obituary: Margaret Thatcher
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Lord Jenkin told BBC Radio 4's The World at One he was not proud of having "dreamt up" in the 1980s the Community Charge - which became known as the "poll tax" and faced mass protest and a central London riot before being replaced by the Council Tax.
BBC: Council Tax Benefit change 'to create poll tax Mk II'
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In a recent study done by the League of Legends subreddit, and also a poll taken by the League of Legends forum community, Team Curse ranked as the most popular team in North America.
FORBES: Dell Invests In League Of Legends Team Curse With Alienware Sponsorship
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Obama's senior advisers feared that the massive Israeli mistrust of Obama the poll exposed was liable to spill over into the American Jewish community.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The lonely Israeli Left
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Not only did Clinton's numbers sail higher from a poll taken just one month earlier (before the scandal broke), but he picked up support from every category measured in the poll -- whether measured by age, education, income, region or community size.
CNN: By Ronald D. Elving, CQ Staff Writer
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However the Spotlight poll suggests raising the flag on 18 designated days is the most popular compromise across the community as a whole.
BBC: Opinion poll indicates NI voters would reject Irish unity
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This awful reality explains why support for gun control in the black and Hispanic community is overwhelming (71% among blacks and 78% of Hispanics, according to a recent Pew poll).
WSJ: Juan Williams: Race and the Gun Debate