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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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Jun 17, 2024 · A Reform UK candidate who has resigned after "unacceptable" historical social media comments came to light was at a "difficult and angry time in his life" when he posted them, the party has said ...
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Jun 17, 2024 · Farage praised Powell's position on Europe but said his 'Rivers of Blood' speech was a 'disaster' ... And he continues to admire the controversial politician Enoch Powell, to many a straight-up ...
Jun 22, 2024 · In the shadow of Enoch Powell: Race, locality and resistance explores its aftermath, successfully synthesising histories of Powell as a political figure, the local community of Wolverhampton, and, to a lesser extent, the nation.
Jun 16, 2024 · In 1994, he asked Enoch Powell, whom he once described as one of his idols, to back Ukip but was turned down. He was elected party leader in 2006 with 45 per cent of the vote. Famously decried...
2 days ago · Camus cites two influential figures in the epilogue of his 2011 book The Great Replacement: British politician Enoch Powell's apocalyptic vision of future race relations—expressed in his 1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech—and French author Jean Raspail's depiction of the collapse of the West from an overwhelming "tidal wave" of Third World ...
5 days ago · In 1968, Conservative MP Mr Powell made an infamous anti-immigrant "Rivers of Blood" speech and was ejected from the shadow cabinet as a result.
