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Less rivers of blood, more rivers of mirth in Wolverhampton, my home town

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In the hours before watching the BNP Question Time special in a Wolverhampton pub, I read a feature that The Observer published in 1968 about racial tension in the town, a few weeks after Enoch Powell, the local MP, made his “rivers of blood” speech,... Full Article at Times Online

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  1. BARKING, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: BNP leader Nick Griffin arrives at Barking Town Hall on November 19, 2009 in Barking, England. Mr Griffin launched his general election campaign today, visiting Barking in East London where protests and demonstrations were expected.
  2. British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin (L) speaks with drinkers in a pub as he launches his election campaign in Dagenham, east London, November 19, 2009.
  3. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 10: BNP leader Nick Griffin (L) joins mourners at the repatriation of six dead soldiers on November 10, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: Schools Secretary Ed Balls and his wife, Yvette Cooper, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, arrive in Downing Street for the weekly Cabinet meeting on October 20, 2009 in London, England.
  5. BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: Leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin MEP and Andrew Brons MEP (L) pose for photographs at the beginning of the British National Party's gathering to celebrate election results on June 20, 2009 in Blackpool, England.
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 09: British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin (2nd R) and fellow BNP member Andrew Brons (R) are protected by security men after demonstrators disrupted a press conference outside Parliament on June 9, 2009 in London, England.
  7. RIPLEY, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 16: A British National Party supporter, wearing a T-shirt depicting British Politician Enoch Powell, goes to join a line up to protect BNP's annual Red, White and Blue Festival as protestors march past on August 16, 2008 at Codnor, near Ripley, Derbyshire, England.
  8. LONDON - APRIL 19: Mr Kalim serves treats in his Bangladeshi sweet shop 'Madhubon' on Brick Lane on April 19th, 2008 in London, England. Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of right-wing politician Enoch Powell's 'River of Blood' speech.

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