Even Enoch Powell would be disgusted at the Tory party
Edit: Sorry, wrong thread
(edited 6 years ago)
Original post by Big_Jon
Why?
Well for a start he was anti-American, anti-Imperialist and anti-European.
Original post by Mathemagicien
For those who do not know, Enoch Powell was the infamous xenophobe Conservative MP whose anti-immigration "Rivers of Blood" speech destroyed his political amibitions.
If even he would be disgusted by the Conservatives' xenophobia, that is a very bad thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/31/article-50-mps-must-honour-british-peoples-leave-vote-david-davis-brexit
If even he would be disgusted by the Conservatives' xenophobia, that is a very bad thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/31/article-50-mps-must-honour-british-peoples-leave-vote-david-davis-brexit
>implying Enoch Powell Rivers of blood speech was wrong.
Original post by Mathemagicien
For those who do not know, Enoch Powell was the infamous xenophobe Conservative MP whose anti-immigration "Rivers of Blood" speech destroyed his political amibitions.
If even he would be disgusted by the Conservatives' xenophobia, that is a very bad thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/31/article-50-mps-must-honour-british-peoples-leave-vote-david-davis-brexit
If even he would be disgusted by the Conservatives' xenophobia, that is a very bad thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/31/article-50-mps-must-honour-british-peoples-leave-vote-david-davis-brexit
Yeah, because you, Ken Clarke and the Guardian would know!
Seriously, the nonsense the left come out with.
Ken Clarke FFS !!!!!
Cool story.
He wasn't a xenophobe.
Original post by Mathemagicien
If even he would be disgusted by the Conservatives' xenophobia
I sincerely doubt it.
I think an element of xenophobia is healthy for a progressive society.
Original post by Danny the Geezer
I think an element of xenophobia is healthy for a progressive society.
Xenophobia toward muslims is better for decent society than open borders.
Original post by MildredMalone
Xenophobia toward muslims is better for decent society than open borders.
Decent society is a thing of the past.
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