 Earlier in the month , Benn was promoted to Minister of Technology , which included responsibility for the development of Concorde and the formation of International Computers Ltd ( ICL ) . The period also saw government involvement in industrial rationalisation , and the merger of several car companies to form British Leyland . Following Conservative MP Enoch Powell 's 1968 " Rivers of Blood " speech to a Conservative Association meeting , in opposition to Harold Wilson 's insistence on not " stirring up the Powell issue " , Benn said during the 1970 general election campaign : 
