Brian Walden on immigration and Enoch Powell

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  • Former Labour MP Brian Walden's documentary about post-war immigration and Enoch Powell.

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  • @julianr4710
    @julianr4710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wonderful monologue by Brian Walden. We are dearly in need of such insight today. RIP Brian

  • @christopherglen2229
    @christopherglen2229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The remarkable Brian Walden in a fascinating monologue, reflecting on his past views among many other things.

  • @kevinbill9574
    @kevinbill9574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It breaks my heart that the battle for the country was lost during that period. 1500 years of history is now coming to an end. It is literally beyond belief what the politicians of that era allowed to happen. We're now in an age of utter lies in a dying culture

    • @dkizxpt-su3ze
      @dkizxpt-su3ze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How the immigration mania gripped Western political elites in the 1960s deserves much study, but little has been done.

  • @paulchance3766
    @paulchance3766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Modern politicians should take note of Brian’s wisdoms.

  • @arfski
    @arfski 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Watching the wet Marr today it makes you wonder what happened to those that held politicians to account like the likes of Brian, Robin Day etc.

    • @stephenelkington4971
      @stephenelkington4971 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He may/may not be 'wet' - but he had the hypocritical Farrage wriggling like a maggot on a hook on his show last Sunday.

    • @davidosilverman900
      @davidosilverman900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His punchline was "assuming that what you're saying is twue..." and he invariably went on to prove it wasn't

  • @robertreynolds580
    @robertreynolds580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant. And how his words echo...

  • @mikesomerset6338
    @mikesomerset6338 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Interesting perspective of a half century.

  • @pippipster6767
    @pippipster6767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would like to hear Brian interviewing Enoch … As they sort of sound the same. But cannot find any such interview.

  • @captal6187
    @captal6187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sheer brilliance no doubt!

  • @ian_b
    @ian_b ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant.

  • @stevenreid9744
    @stevenreid9744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    England's political and social neurosis has been engrained for decades. Colonialism/First Industrial Nation shackles kill a single thought of the future. Absolutely screwed....

  • @divvy1400yam600
    @divvy1400yam600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Many, as Walden here expresses, were sympathetic to the colored immigrants and as a conseqeunce cared not one iota for the white indigenous population.
    Two things can be said of Walden's idealism
    (1) As more and more immigrants arrived the UK's wealth producing capacity declined so they did not revitalise the economy as say Dianne Abbot will claim.
    (2) Even worse; with the influx of Islam the UK is heading towards social (at least) conflict.
    Democracy is not going solve that !

    • @zeddeka
      @zeddeka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Linking immigrants to productive capacity is the most astonish nonsense. If you know anything whatsoever about British history, you know that British industry was in continual decline since the 1800s. The reasons for it are well known:
      1) Very poor levels of education and skills. It wasn't until the 1960s that we started spending as much on education as on defence
      2) Chronic underinvestment. British workers and management were too often left to work with completely antiquated machinery and skills.
      3) Class confrontation, as epitomised by the appalling labour relations throughout British industry in the post war period.

    • @tyqwdybijo
      @tyqwdybijo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@zeddeka British industry declined because of a deliberate policy of deindustrialization.
      Net zero and energy transition will be the final nail
      In the coffin .
      You can not unilaterally sign up to make energy scarce and expensive and then compete economically with countries like china that use the cheapest forms of energy .
      Finally and most importantly immigrants tend to support politicians that promote nonsense like net zero , so long as those politicians pander to immigrants prejudices against the native population.

  • @kushsakhu
    @kushsakhu ปีที่แล้ว

    Inspiring 👊🏾💯

  • @oldschoolcockneylover8138
    @oldschoolcockneylover8138 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone reflecting on his prejudice no matter how enlightened he thought he was? We can learn from this bloke!

  • @alanwareham7391
    @alanwareham7391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I will always remember when one of the great interviewers Brian Walden interviewed old Enoch and even he try as he might could not wrong foot Enoch until you could see by his attitude that it was really getting to him ,but all Enoch did was remain completely calm and smile until he himself realised that he was beaten and with a big grin of his own thanked Enoch for the interview

    • @robertfarrell6479
      @robertfarrell6479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you know anywhere I could find that interview?

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertfarrell6479 Yeah, I would love to watch that interview. Honestly, as much as I dislike a lot of Labour, they had some of the most brilliant Parliamentarians/Politicians. Convicted and conscientious.

  • @richardchason
    @richardchason 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hmm, honestly Walden seems to be grasping at straws to downplay Powell's prejudice here. Walden was brilliant and one of the most insightful essayists of his day with an uncanny sense of the realities of human natuee behind politics- but here he seems desperate to reach a sort of middle-ground and goes out of his way to defend racism

  • @westleymanc
    @westleymanc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lessons for labour's London elite vi's a vi's Brexit