Monday, April 23, 2018

"The Powellite Toolkit Remains in Place"

"It has never been more important to recall this terrible speech, to be reminded of its trickery and its rhetorical tradecraft, and to grasp how such methods might be used again. Recollection is the foundation of vigilance. To confront the ugliness of the past is not just a right: it is a duty."

Matthew d’Ancona at The Guardian revisits Enoch Powell's 1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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