Who was the late Enoch Powell?

Answer 1

British Member of Parliament, originally a member of the Conservative party until he resigned in 1974, becoming a member of the Ulster Unionist Party.

Became notorious following a number of virulent anti-immigration speeches made in the late 1960s, in particular the inflammatory "rivers of blood" speech which warned of a potential race war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell

Answer 2

John Enoch Powell, MBE (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet. He was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) between 1950 and February 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP between October 1974 and 1987. Controversial throughout his career, his tenure in senior office was brief. He held strong and distinctive views on issues such as race, national identity, immigration, monetary policy, and the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community, which later became the European Union.