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John Enoch Powell MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician and statesman. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–1974) and was Minister of Health (1960–1963) then Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–1987).
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 ...
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.
Apr 24, 2018 · Fifty years ago today, on 20 April 1968, the austere shadow defence secretary Enoch Powell MP made a speech in Birmingham. He told his friend, the editor of his local paper, the Wolverhampton ...
Oct 9, 2014 · Six years after his 'rivers of blood' speech, why did Enoch Powell enter Northern Ireland politics during the Troubles?
Apr 20, 2018 · On 20 April 1968, Enoch Powell delivered one of the most divisive speeches ever made by a British politician. By permitting mass immigration, he said the country was...
Jun 5, 2021 · In an insightful and sobering documentary, journalist Michael Cockerell chronicles the life and career of the politician, classical scholar, linguist, soldier, poet and altogether...
Enoch Powell (1912-1998) was a British politician most famous for his 1968 ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech warning about the dangers of mass immigration into the UK. Enoch Powell was both a controversial and popular figure with strong opinions on many contemporary political issues.
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 its...
Apr 20, 2018 · Half a century after Enoch Powell delivered the most incendiary political speech in Britain's recent history, his dire vision of race war hasn't come true. But it resonates in British...
