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How Enoch Powell, Margaret Thatcher and Suella Braverman Weaponised Migration

Post-war prosperity and racial tension (1945 – 1966)

Elected as a conservative MP in Wolverhampton in 1950

Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962

Peter Griffiths MP he refused to disown “If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour” (1964)

Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968

How Enoch Powell, Margaret Thatcher and Suella Braverman Weaponised Migration

“Rivers of blood speech” 1968 (ITV)

Immigration Act 1971

Enoch Powell & Jonathan Miller Debate Issues Around UK Immigration | The Dick Cavett Show (1971)

Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister (1979)

Nigel Farage discusses Enoch Powell on Murnaghan (2014)

Home Secretary Suella Braverman: I am proud of the British Empire (2022)

Suella Braverman appears unsure about how an asylum seeker can apply to enter the UK (2022)

Suella Braverman calls ‘broken’ immigration system an ‘invasion on south coast’ (2022)

Nigel Farage and Dan Wootton react to Suella Braverman saying our immigration system is ‘broken’ (2022)

Suella Braverman warns Tory party conference of a ‘hurricane’ of immigration (2023)

Home Secretary Suella Braverman delivers speech on immigration (2023)

“Stop the boats” 2024

Race riots 2024 Today in Focus: Who were England’s 2024 rioters?