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John Enoch Powell OBE (Birmingham, 16 de junio de 1912-Londres, 8 de febrero de 1998) fue un político británico, erudito clásico, autor, lingüista, soldado, filólogo y poeta.
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- 8 de febrero de 1998 (85 años), King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes (Reino Unido)
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).
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Powell, the Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West and Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, was addressing the general meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre. The Labour government's 1968 Race Relations Bill was to have its second reading three days later, and the Conservative Opposition had tabled an amendment sign...
In the speech Powell recounted a conversation with one of his constituents, a middle-aged working man, a few weeks earlier. Powell said that the man told him: "If I had the money to go, I wouldn't stay in this country... I have three children, all of them been through grammar schooland two of them married now, with family. I shan't be satisfied til...
Political
According to C. Howard Wheeldon, who was present at the meeting in which Powell gave the speech, "it is fascinating to note what little hostility emerged from the audience. To the best of my memory, only one person voiced any sign of annoyance." The day after the speech, Powell went to Sunday Communion at his local church, and when he emerged, there was a crowd of journalists, and a local plasterer said to Powell: "Well done, sir. It needed to be said." Powell asked the assembled journalists:...
Powell's reflection on the speech
Powell reflected on the speech in an interview in 1977 when the interviewer asked him, "nine years after the speech, are we still in your view on a kind of funeral pyre?": The interviewer then asked him, "what do you see as the likely prospect now? Still the 'River Tiber foaming with blood'?":
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Polls in the 1960s and 1970s showed that Powell's views were popular among the British population at the time. A Gallup poll, for example, showed that 75% of the population were sympathetic to Powell's views. An NOP poll showed that approximately 75% of the British population agreed with Powell's demand for non-white immigration to be halted completely, and about 60% agreed with his call for the repatriationof non-whites already resident in Britain. The Rivers of Blood speech has been blamed...
After Powell delivered the speech, there were attempts to locate the Wolverhampton constituent whom Powell described as being victimised by non-white residents. The editor of the local Wolverhampton newspaper the Express & Star, Jones (a close friend of Powell who broke off relations with him over the controversy) claimed he was unable to identify ...
In the United Kingdom, particularly in England, "Enoch [Powell] was right" is a phrase of political rhetoric, inviting comparison of aspects of current English society with the predictions made by Powell in the "Rivers of Blood" speech.[non-primary source needed] The phrase implies criticism of racial quotas, immigration and multiculturalism. Badge...
In an interview for Today shortly after her departure from office as Prime Minister in 1990, Margaret Thatchersaid that Powell had "made a valid argument, if in sometimes regrettable terms". Thirty years after the speech, Heath said that Powell's remarks on the "economic burden of immigration" had been "not without prescience". The Labour Party MP ...
The speech is the subject of a play, What Shadows, written by Chris Hannan. The play was staged in Birmingham from 27 October to 12 November 2016, with Powell portrayed by Ian McDiarmid and Jones by George Costigan. The Speech, a novel by author Andrew Smith set in Wolverhampton during the ten days before and after the speech and featuring Powell a...
Bourne, Jenny. "The beatification of Enoch Powell". Race & Class49.4 (2008): 82–87. Argues "we are witnessing the beginnings of his rehabilitation as an authoritative political figure."Crines, Andrew, Tim Heppell, and Michael Hill. "Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: A rhetorical political analysis". British Politics 11#1 (2016): 72–94. onlineDeakin, N. and Bourne, J. "Powell, and the minorities and the 1970 election". Political Quarterly(1970) 44#4: 399–415.Goodhart, David (2013). The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-War Immigration. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781843548058.2 de abr. de 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.
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24 de abr. de 2018 · Fifty years ago today, on 20 April 1968, the austere shadow defence secretary Enoch Powell MP made a speech in Birmingham.
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John Enoch Powell OBE fue un político británico, erudito clásico, autor, lingüista, soldado, filólogo y poeta. Fue diputado conservador (1950-1974), luego diputado del Partido Unionista del Úlster (1974-1987) y ministro de Salud (1960-1963).
9 de oct. de 2014 · On 10 October 1974, Enoch Powell won a seat for the Ulster Unionist Party in South Down. What made this high-profile and divisive figure leave the epicentre of political life at Westminster...
