The bishop of Wolverhampton has joined opposition to a proposal to erect a blue plaque commemorating Enoch Powell in the controversial politician’s home city. The Civic and Historical Society of Wolverhampton, where Powell served as a Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974, received an application from an unidentified person to honour Powell. Back to the rivers of blood: Enoch Powell returns to a divided Britain Read morePowell, who died in 1998, caused outrage when he delivered his rivers of blood speech in 1968. In a statement, the bishop said he was speaking on behalf of all major faith traditions in Wolverhampton in “strongly opposing the idea of a blue plaque to commemorate Enoch Powell”. “It is disingenuous to suggest that the conferring of a blue plaque on such a divisive figure would be a ‘neutral’ act.

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2018 11:08 UTC