Edward Heath while Prime Minister, disavowed Powell. I understand he was an enemy of Powell to the last.
Ten days after the terrible underground railway bombing in London,last July, Edward Heath died at 89 years.I believe 53 souls died and there was also a London bus blown up. My hope is that Heath was fully alert to the last. Not a nasty thing to say really.
He might well have mused on Enoch Powell.
"In 1976, Clapton was the centre of controversy and accusations of racism, when he spoke out against increasing immigration during a concert in Birmingham. He commented that England had "...become overcrowded...that England sells itself as the "land of milk and honey" only to turn around and stick its invited immigrants into low paying labour jobs, living in substandard conditions..." Clapton also voiced his support of controversial political candidate Enoch Powell, making references to "a black colony." As a result, it would be a full decade before Clapton was welcome to play in Birmingham again.[citation needed] These comments (along with equally controversial remarks and actions by other artists, such as David Bowie and Siouxsie Sioux) led to the creation of the Rock Against Racism movement in the UK."