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'''Enoch Powell''' (born John Enoch Powell June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a conservative [[British]] politician best known for his attacks on multiculturalism as represented by Asian immigrants in Britain. [[File:Powell.jpg|thumb|290px]]

'''Enoch Powell''' (born John Enoch Powell, June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a [[conservative]] [[British]] politician best known for his attacks on [[multiculturalism]] as represented by Asian immigrants in Britain.

==Career==

==Career==

He joined the [[Conservative Party]] and started to work for the [[Conservative Research Department]]. He was elected to the British Parliament in 1950 as Conservative Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West, a constituency he held until 1974. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1955–1957), and Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1957–1958). In 1958 he resigned over public expenditure together with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, [[Peter Thorneycroft]] and [[Nigel Birch]]. The Prime Minister, [[Harold Macmillan]] famously dismissed their action as "[[little local difficulties]]". Powell returned to Macmillan's government as Minister of Health (1960–1963) and even entered Cabinet. He declined to serve under [[Alec Douglas-Home]] to protest against the way Macmillan handled his succession.

He joined the [[Conservative Party]] and started to work for the [[Conservative Research Department]]. He was elected to the British Parliament in 1950 as Conservative Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West, a constituency he held until 1974. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1955–1957), and Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1957–1958). In 1958 he resigned over public expenditure together with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, [[Peter Thorneycroft]] and [[Nigel Birch]]. The Prime Minister, [[Harold Macmillan]] famously dismissed their action as "[[little local difficulties]]". Powell returned to Macmillan's government as Minister of Health (1960–1963) and even entered Cabinet. He declined to serve under [[Alec Douglas-Home]] to protest against the way Macmillan handled his succession.

==Immigration==

==Immigration==

Labour Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] reversed the Labour Party's traditional policy favouring unrestricted Commonwealth immigration. With an eye on public opinion and election returns, Wilson developed a three-phased race-relations policy, including tightened immigration controls, prohibition of domestic racial discrimination and incitement, and creation of local conciliation and integration mechanisms. His pragmatic, carefully balanced immigration and race-relations policies were in the short run successful, not least because of acquiescence by the opposition Conservative leadership. Racial issues, conspicuous in some urban working-class constituencies in the 1964 general election, were marginalized in the 1966 election. During Wilson's second administration (1966–70), pressure by Asian immigrants from East Africa and Powell's populist Conservatism rekindled race-related issues.<ref>Dennis Dean, "The Race Relations Policy of the First Wilson Government". ''Twentieth Century British History'' 2000 11(3): 259-283  in [[EBSCO]]</ref>

Labour Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] reversed the Labour Party's traditional policy favouring unrestricted Commonwealth immigration. With an eye on public opinion and election returns, Wilson developed a three-phased race-relations policy, including tightened immigration controls, prohibition of domestic racial discrimination and incitement, and creation of local conciliation and integration mechanisms. His pragmatic, carefully balanced immigration and race-relations policies were in the short run successful, not least because of acquiescence by the opposition Conservative leadership. Racial issues, conspicuous in some urban working-class constituencies in the 1964 general election, were marginalized in the 1966 election. During Wilson's second administration (1966–70), pressure by Asian immigrants from East Africa and Powell's populist Conservatism rekindled race-related issues.<ref>Dennis Dean, "The Race Relations Policy of the First Wilson Government". ''Twentieth Century British History'' 2000 11(3): 259-283  in [[EBSCO]]</ref>

In 1994 he published his translation of St Matthew's Gospel.

In 1994 he published his translation of St Matthew's Gospel.

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

==References==

==References==

==External links==

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