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On April 20th, 1968 Enoch Powell made a speech in Birmingham that to this day overshadows every government’s attempts to speak on immigration.
Franklin Thomas, 73, was serving in the British army at the time Powell delivered his speech. He spoke to HuffPost UK about how he reacted to it in 1968 and whether he thought its legacy had made things better or worse for future generations of Britain.
I Didn't Let Enoch Powell's Speech Change Britain For Me
Franklin Thomas came to Britain from Jamaica in 1961. He remembers hearing Enoch Powell's speech and the effect it had on him.