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Section sizes Section size for Enoch Powell (43 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 8,311 8,311 Early years 12,344 12,344 Academic career 9,226 9,226 Military service 9,345 9,345 Entry into politics 54 7,934 Joining the Conservative Party 1,388 1,388 Election to Parliament 713 713 First years as a backbencher 5,779 5,779 In and out of office 25 14,104 Junior Housing Minister 1,718 1,718 Financial Secretary to the Treasury 4,721 4,721 Hola Massacre speech 2,001 2,001 Minister of Health 5,639 5,639 1960s 12 8,681 Leadership elections 2,900 2,900 Shadow Defence Secretary 5,769 5,769 National figure 22 25,206 1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech 7,198 7,198 'Morecambe Budget' 1,430 1,430 House of Lords reform 4,409 4,409 Departure from the Conservative Party 12,147 12,147 Ulster Unionist 22 42,676 1974–1979 7,647 7,647 1979–1982 8,480 8,480 Falklands conflict 12,162 12,162 1983 general election 4,582 4,582 1983–1987 9,783 9,783 Post-parliamentary life 30 10,746 1987–1992 10,716 10,716 Final years 7,674 7,674 Death 4,112 4,112 Personal life 9,457 9,457 Political beliefs 13,753 13,753 Portraits 1,861 1,861 Dramatic portrayals 856 856 Legacy 423 423 Works 5,484 5,484 Elections contested 2,165 2,165 See also 37 37 References 28 2,252 Bibliography 2,224 2,224 Further reading 431 431 External links 5,380 5,380 Total 202,458 202,458

Political beliefs

Other than the final two short paragraphs of the "political beliefs" section, it is all devoted to Powell's views on immigration.

Other than immigration, Powell was known for his economic views and his views on foreign affairs, particularly the United States, the EEC and the British Empire. These views make up key elements of "Powellism".

There is brief mention of his economic views in the final paragraph, which is entirely quoted from Murray Rothbard, but other than that, none of these views are mentioned in this section. Should they be? Unusual.Octopus (talk) 23:29, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Pogo Stick incident

This is mentioned in the archives for this talk page - should there be a mention in the article text: a passing mention in the Ministry of Health section would do. Jackiespeel (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

The introduction

In the introduction it says the 'Rivers of Blood' speech was criticized by the Times. surely other newspapers must have commented on it was well. Firestar47 (talk) 14:45, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Wolverhampton

Did he ever live or work in Wolverhampton? Sarcelles (talk) 18:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Length of Article

Someone tries to destroy the article in the name of "readability", but I disagree. Having all information in one place and use browser navigation and the "find" function, that each browser has, is much preferrable than trying to guess the obscure paget titles that people come up with to scatter the inconvenient information into oblivion. 2A01:4B00:AD1F:2D00:6A7C:DB5:41AF:3EA (talk) 19:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

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