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9 de may. de 2024 · Conservative MP Enoch Powell became notorious after making a 1968 speech in which he predicted that immigration would lead to “rivers of blood” in the UK. Born in Birmingham of Welsh descent, he was a classical scholar who learnt Welsh and wrote academic papers in the language.
29 de abr. de 2024 · All political lives, remarked the UK politician Enoch Powell, end in failure. For Scotland’s pro-independence first minister, Humza Yousaf, the end has come far sooner than expected when he...
Hace 2 días · Now with his sights on becoming PM of Britain, Enoch Powell quite happily in his sick obsession to do so, saw nothing at all wrong in malevolently and quite egregiously vilely whipping up racism against those he'd personally invited to come to Britain. Job done of rebuilding Britain now piss off back home where you belong and not in Britain.
Hace 6 días · The Conservative MP for Wolverhampton and his infamous 1968 ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech have long served, after all, as a potent symbol of post-colonial Britain: the moment at which popular prejudices and fears regarding immigration from former colonies to the British metropole exploded on the national stage.
Hace 4 días · In April 1968, Enoch Powell made his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech, which criticised immigration to the United Kingdom. Soon afterwards, Heath telephoned Margaret Thatcher to inform her that he was going to sack Powell from the Shadow cabinet ; she recalled that she "really thought that it was better to let things cool down ...
30 de abr. de 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.
Hace 21 horas · Dorey examines the role of Enoch Powell, who in the 1960s became one of the key voices decrying the rise of the social welfare state. Powell was soon superseded by a generation of ‘neo-liberal’ politicians whose social and demographic background represented the changing nature of the Conservative Party.
