The BBC's Rivers Of Blood Programme Will Be A Rigorous Analysis, Not An Endorsement

You may have seen some of the commentary on the upcoming Archive on 4 programme (broadcast on Saturday) in which we examine one of the most controversial speeches in modern British politics.The Rivers of Blood speech was given by Enoch Powell and delivered to local Conservative Party members in Birmingham days ahead of the second reading of the 1968 Race Relations Bill. Powell was subsequently sacked from the Shadow Cabinet.Only short segments of the original speech were reco