Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
Slightly perhaps ... but - returning to the *subject of this thread - didn't *Enoch Powell also have HIS "darker" ('scuse pun) side ... as manifested in his somewhat callous, unsympathetic attitude towards the parents of children deformed by the thalidomide drug during his tenure as Minister of Health in the early 1960s?
er. absolutely on topic - and thank you, I was unaware of that. A quick Google produced this:

http://blogs.wsj.com/iainmartin/2010...-enoch-powell/