“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 warning about the danger of mass immigration into Britain was made in 1968. Those who regard the late Tory politician as a prophet will be feeling vindicated right now. A backlash against immigration is increasingly central to western politics.
The past weekend saw demonstrations across Germany against the far-right Alternative for Germany, which is riding high in the polls — and is accused of considering the mass deportation of migrants. In the US, Donald Trump has said that illegal migrants are “poisoning the blood” of the nation. The British government is obsessed by its faltering plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.