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John Enoch Powell MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician. 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). Before entering politics, Powell was a classical scholar.
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 ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Ulster Unionist Party. 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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Apr 24, 2018 · Analysis. Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood: The speech that divided a nation. He feared the division of a nation, yet who or what divided Britain more than Enoch Powell himself? By Lewis Goodall, Political Correspondent. Tuesday 24 April 2018 08:02, UK. Enoch Powell in 1993. Why you can trust Sky News.
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Jan 13, 2023 · 20 April 1968. Enoch Powell delivers his controversial Rivers of Blood speech against immigration at a Conservative meeting in the Midland Hotel, Birmingham, and is summarily sacked from the Shadow Cabinet.
Apr 20, 2018 · April 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...
Oct 9, 2014 · Enoch Powell continues to polarise opinion. A veteran political commentator told the BBC that they considered Powell to have made no positive impact in Northern Ireland:
