Enoch Powell on inner city racial populations

Title

Enoch Powell on inner city racial populations

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

2 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:25

Description

Report on the Monday Club speech by former Conservative MP Enoch Powell, in the light of the recent inner city riots. Includes excerpts, with Powell challenging Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and others in government and Parliament to acknowledge publicly that over a third of the population of inner London and major British cities will shortly be from the new Commonwealth and Pakistan. Male reporter not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy).

Contributors

Enoch Powell; Kevin Murphy?

Keywords

London; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Immigration; Riots; Speeches; Ethnic groups; Cities; Multiethnic societies; Enoch Powell; Demographic statistics

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