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English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
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Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
John Enoch Powell was a British politician, scholar and writer. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party from 1950 to February 1974 and as the MP for South Down for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from October 1974 to 1987.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rivers of Blood speech
1968 speech by the British politician Enoch Powell
The "Rivers of Blood" speech was made by the British politician Enoch Powell on 20 April 1968 to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham. In it Powell, who was then Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in the Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath, strongly…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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