Enoch Powell
On 20 April 1968, Enoch Powell, the shadow defence secretary and MP for Wolverhampton South West, made a speech on race relations to the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre. What would eventually become the 1968 Race Relations Act, introduced by the Labour government, was being debated in Parliament. Although the consensus of the Conservative shadow cabinet was to take a bi-partisan approach to the issue of immigration, Powell (a controversial figure in the party) had other ideas.
As Powell informed the chair of his constituency party:
Your organisation does not have access to this article.
Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise
Subscribe
