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Section sizes

Section size for Enoch Powell (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,960	7,960
Early years	2,123	2,123
Education	7,779	7,779
Academic career	6,025	6,025
Military service	3,996	3,996
Entry into politics	2,056	7,656
First years as a backbencher	5,600	5,600
In and out of office	25	13,904
Junior Housing Minister	1,594	1,594
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	4,714	4,714
Hola Massacre speech	2,001	2,001
Minister of Health	5,570	5,570
1960s	12	8,681
Leadership elections	2,900	2,900
Shadow Defence Secretary	5,769	5,769
National figure	22	25,206
1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech	7,198	7,198
'Morecambe Budget'	1,430	1,430
House of Lords reform	4,409	4,409
Departure from the Conservative Party	12,147	12,147
Ulster Unionist	22	42,676
1974–1979	7,647	7,647
1979–1982	8,480	8,480
Falklands conflict	12,162	12,162
1983 general election	4,582	4,582
1983–1987	9,783	9,783
Post-parliamentary life	30	10,746
1987–1992	10,716	10,716
Final years	7,674	7,674
Death	4,108	4,108
Personal life	7,806	7,806
Political beliefs	13,753	13,753
Legacy	3,097	3,097
Works	5,484	5,484
Elections contested	2,165	2,165
See also	37	37
References	28	28
Notes	34	34
Bibliography	2,222	2,222
Further reading	431	431
External links	5,380	5,380
Total	188,971	188,971

Political beliefs

Other than the final two short paragraphs of the "political beliefs" section, it is all devoted to Powell's views on immigration.

Other than immigration, Powell was known for his economic views and his views on foreign affairs, particularly the United States, the EEC and the British Empire. These views make up key elements of "Powellism".

There is brief mention of his economic views in the final paragraph, which is entirely quoted from Murray Rothbard, but other than that, none of these views are mentioned in this section. Should they be? Unusual.Octopus (talk) 23:29, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Pogo Stick incident

This is mentioned in the archives for this talk page - should there be a mention in the article text: a passing mention in the Ministry of Health section would do. Jackiespeel (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

The introduction

In the introduction it says the 'Rivers of Blood' speech was criticized by the Times. surely other newspapers must have commented on it was well. Firestar47 (talk) 14:45, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Wolverhampton

Did he ever live or work in Wolverhampton? Sarcelles (talk) 18:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

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