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Events on Saturday 20 April 1968 1
1968Enoch Powell delivers "Rivers of Blood" speechBritish MP's anti-immigration speech provokes national controversyConservative MP Enoch Powell delivered a speech in Birmingham warning against Commonwealth immigration to Britain, quoting Virgil to predict violent racial conflict. He was dismissed from the shadow cabinet the next day, but the speech drew significant public support and shaped British immigration debate for years. It remains one of the most controversial speeches in modern British politics.