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Sounds,23 Dec 2025,72 mins,

Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood

The Rest Is History
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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Who was Enoch Powell, the deeply controversial British conservative politician? Why is he the father of Brexit, and possibly even Reform? And, how did he come to make his inflammatory ‘Rivers of Blood speech’, in 1968? Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss Enoch Powell - one of the most incendiary and contentious figures in all of British political history - and his enduring shadow today.

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