[PAR] [TLE] Rivers of Blood speech [SEP] On 20 April 1968, British Member of Parliament Enoch Powell addressed a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, UK.  His speech strongly criticised Commonwealth immigration to the United Kingdom and the then-proposed Race Relations Bill, and became known as the "Rivers of Blood" speech, although Powell always referred to it as "the Birmingham speech".  The expression "rivers of blood", which did not appear in the original speech, is an allusion to a line from Virgil's "Aeneid" quoted by Powell (""As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood""). [PAR] [TLE] Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell [SEP] Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell is a 1998 book by the English writer Simon Heffer.  It is a biography of the politician Enoch Powell.  The title is taken from Powell's 1968 Rivers of Blood speech when Powell quoted Virgil's "Aeneid": "As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood".
[PAR] [TLE] Rivers of Blood speech [ SEP ] On 20 April 1968 , British Member of Parliament Enoch Powell addressed a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham , UK . His speech strongly criticised Commonwealth immigration to the United Kingdom and the then - proposed Race Relations Bill , and became known as the " Rivers of Blood " speech , although Powell always referred to it as " the Birmingham speech " . The expression " rivers of blood " , which did not appear in the original speech , is an allusion to a line from Virgil 's " Aeneid " quoted by Powell ( " " As I look ahead , I am filled with foreboding ; like the Roman , I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood " " ) . [PAR] [TLE] Like the Roman : The Life of Enoch Powell [ SEP ] Like the Roman : The Life of Enoch Powell is a 1998 book by the English writer Simon Heffer . It is a biography of the politician Enoch Powell . The title is taken from Powell 's 1968 Rivers of Blood speech when Powell quoted Virgil 's " Aeneid " : " As I look ahead , I am filled with foreboding ; like the Roman , I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood " .
Enoch Powell's speech about the Race Relations Bill was written about by whom?
Enoch Powell 's speech about the Race Relations Bill was written about by whom ?
Simon Heffer
Simon Heffer