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Conservatism. 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). Before entering politics, Powell was a classical scholar.
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 ...
Jan 13, 2023 · Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: Britain and race in the mid 20th-century. 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.
Oct 9, 2014 · Six years after his 'rivers of blood' speech, why did Enoch Powell enter Northern Ireland politics during the Troubles?
Jun 5, 2021 · 192K views 2 years ago. In an insightful and sobering documentary, journalist Michael Cockerell chronicles the life and career of the politician, classical scholar, linguist, soldier, poet and...
John Enoch Powell was born on 16 June 1912, the son of Albert Enoch Powell (1872–1956), a primary school headteacher, and Ellen Mary, née Breese (1886–1953), a teacher, of Stechford, Warwickshire. His mother gave up teaching in order to learn Greek and impart it to her son.
