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Jun 12, 2024 · Enoch Powell (born June 16, 1912, Birmingham, England—died February 8, 1998, London) was a British politician and member of Parliament, noted for his controversial rhetoric concerning Britain’s nonwhite population and for his opposition to the nation’s entry into the European Economic Community.
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1 day ago · Jul 07, 2024. It is all but inevitable these days that when some supposedly right-wing politician mentions any unfavourable aspect of immigration, that he will promptly be dismissed as a “pound shop Enoch Powell.”. Twenty-five years after his death, and fifty-six years after he delivered the so-called ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, Enoch ...
Jun 24, 2024 · Wolverhampton MP Enoch Powell. But we have had our share of MPs who have gone down in history for the wrong reasons, who have created unwanted headlines. Today we look at five who chased...
Jun 28, 2024 · It would be unwise to forget that Farage adopted Enoch Powell as his hero from a young age, and remains his most prominent political disciple… “Whatever happens, Keir Starmer’s Labour is set to win the election with a considerable majority.
Jul 1, 2024 · From Enoch Powell’s racist ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech in 1968 to former prime minister Boris Johnson, who called burka-wearing Muslim women “letterboxes”, Black Lives Matter UK pointed to ...
Jun 13, 2024 · After telling Lothian-McLean that she has stopped voting, the 80-year-old former Labour voter said she felt Enoch Powell – a Tory MP during the 1960s famous for his rabidly anti-immigration “rivers of blood” speech – had the “right idea”.
Jun 17, 2024 · Farage praised Powell's position on Europe but said his 'Rivers of Blood' speech was a 'disaster'. By David Parsley. Chief News Correspondent.
