Whenever there is any kind of social unrest in Britain, you can be sure that someone, somewhere, will remind us of the infamous “Rivers of Blood” speech by British politician Enoch Powell in 1968. “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see ‘the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”, Powell said, after quoting a “constituent” who had told him: “In this country in 15 or 20 years’ time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.” (Note that the objection was to “the black man” — not to “the Muslim”, as it might be today. The “Islamic threat” wasn’t even on the horizon in those days.) The letter on the left was published in the Manawatu Standard on August 17, 2011. My response was printed two days later, on August 19, 2011.
