Word: wolverhampton
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Most Britons were aghast. Winston Churchill, the late Prime Minister's grandson and M.P. for the Stretford district where Powell spoke, called such sentiments "insane, venomous outpourings." Wolverhampton Laborite Renee Short was more explicit. She accused Powell of purveying twaddle and advised: "Belt up, you big bore...
Died. Prince William of Gloucester, 30, bachelor first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, former Foreign Office commercial attache and ninth in line of succession to the British throne; of injuries suffered when the light plane he was piloting crashed during an air race; in Wolverhampton, England...
Evidence of prejudice is widespread; in a 1966 survey, a large majority said subsidized housing should be reserved for "our own people"-i.e., whites. "Britain is fish and chips," a woman in Birmingham explained, "not curry and rice." The Wolverhampton Bus Corporation until recently refused to allow Sikh bus conductors to wear their turbans while on duty; Moslem girls at some schools have been forbidden to wear their traditional shalwar (baggy trousers...
...Powell uttered those words two years ago, they seemed less prophetic than boastful. Yet last week, in the aftermath of one of the most stunning political upsets in recent British elections, Powell's words seemed to ring oddly true. In winning his seat in the Midlands town of Wolverhampton, he improved on his own 1966 election total by 22%. More than that, he had given Britain a new household word: Powetlism...
...from the time he first stood for election in 1950 he has never lost. His family life with his wife and their two teenage daughters is characterized by friends as "warm and close." They have a modest Regency-style house in London, as well as a house in Wolverhampton where they spend summers...