For such a vocal opponent of Powell, you certainly haven't familiarized yourself with him very much. In fact the BNP crowd's knowledge of him is limited almost entirely to a media-inspired mis-truncation of a single line in a single speech he gave almost 40 years ago.
In reality Powell was a highly influential and multi-faceted thinker and political leader. He is a well regarded Greek scholar who penned the leading modern translation of Herodotus. He was also a widely published biographer of several historical subjects, and a well regarded poet whose collected works are still in print. And, of course, he wrote dozens of political tracts that have influenced subsequent Tories, among them Thatcher.
I find it odd that someone who choses such a screenname makes no effort to dissociate himself from that group.
And why should he? I don't believe he's ever claimed BNP membership. It is thus not incumbent upon him to disclaim it any more than I should expect you to disclaim association with CAIR, seeing as you seem to hold their viewpoints on Ellison.
I have no truck with Powell here. I happen to notice that those who most loudly proclaim that he Was Right! tend to group themselves in the fascist fringes of the BNP, etc. I'm sorry if my observation isn't "PC".
And why should he? I don't believe he's ever claimed BNP membership. It is thus not incumbent upon him to disclaim it any more than I should expect you to disclaim association with CAIR, seeing as you seem to hold their viewpoints on Ellison.
I'm not saying that he should, just that I find it interesting that he doesn't, even while arguing for a policy of concentration camps that dovetails with BNP shouting points. Whether you or he or Enoch himself like it or not, "Enoch Powell was right" has been used by the BNP as as a publicly tolerable political shorthand for their xenophobia. Were a screen name like AllahuAkbar comment regularly in favor of scaling back the War on Terror or WhiteIsRight post frequently on American race relations, it may justifiably raise some eyebrows. Of course, maybe ENWR is a fervent believer in Enoch Powell's views on immigrant and also a strident anti-Fascist. Maybe AllahuAkbar choose the screenname just to irk another poster with a handle like AllahuAsghar, Maybe WhiteIsRight prefers that color for his browser's background. But while they certainly don't have to answer, it's not beyond us to inquire.
And for the record, I am not affiliated with CAIR in any way. My comments about Ellison (which do not pertain to this thread, as off-topic as it is) are from a purely Constitutional POV.