>At that time, many people in Britain opposed income tax, on principle, because the disclosure of personal income represented an unacceptable governmental intrusion into private matters, and a potential threat to personal liberty.

I didn't know the British used to be so cool.

Bricking up your windows to own the Liberals.

(You can still see this on old buildings, some were never restored to use as windows)

> to own the Liberals

Sometimes it is actually a matter of principle. Not everything revolves around us-vs-them politics, and it would be a disservice to our understanding of others to paint it as such.

You have it completely backwards. They were the liberals.