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The " Rivers of Blood " speech was made by British Member of Parliament (MP) Enoch Powell on 20 April 1968, to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, England. His speech made various remarks, which included strong criticism of significant Commonwealth immigration to the United Kingdom and the proposed Race Relations Act ...
Jan 13, 2023 · When the SS Empire Windrush docked in Britain in 1948, it ushered in a new era of immigration. Two decades later, Enoch Powell delivered his Rivers of Blood speech warning of the threat that immigrants posed.
The Rivers of Blood speech: what was it and how did it divide Britain? Tory MP Enoch Powell's inflammatory rhetoric sees him axed from Cabinet in 1968, for but his words - decried by politicians as thinly veiled racism - resonate with ordinary Britons
Apr 20, 2018 · On 20th April 1968, the then-Shadow Defence Secretary Enoch Powell delivered his controversial and divisive 'Rivers of Blood' speech. 50 years on, the speech's impact on the immigration...
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This is the full text of Enoch Powell's so-called 'Rivers of Blood' speech, which was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham on April 20 1968. The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
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Apr 24, 2018 · Sky News analyses the controversial speech by the shadow defence secretary in 1968, which warned of the dangers of immigration and multiculturalism. The speech sparked protests, riots and a change in the Race Relations bill.
Apr 20, 2018 · On April 20, 1968, Enoch Powell, a leading member of the Conservative Party in the British parliament, made a speech that would imprint itself into British memory—and divide the nation with...
