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Racial Problems Split Conservative Leadership in Britain
London Britain’s Conservative party faced a deep rift after Edward Heath dismissed Enoch Powell from the shadow Cabinet over a racial speech. Powell’s call to curb immigration and deport current residents intensified the split, aiding Labor in debates on a race relations bill. Powell described immigration as a match on gunpowder and warned of bloodshed.
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