ABSTRACT
It is impossible to outline here a complete catalogue of the motives which compelled me to write a ‘murder document’. Let me state at once that it has nothing to do with Enoch Powell as an individual. Nevertheless, I will not go so far as to share the view often expressed by certain Black intellectuals that Powell is ‘a good chap, really, because he is not a hypocrite like the rest.’ A punk does not cease to be a punk simply because he admits he is a punk. White conservative hopefuls have called Powellism ‘White Blacklash’, which is equally ridiculous. There has been no forward movement of Whites in England to lash back from. Others have tried to depict it as the White counterpart of Black Power, which is another way of saying that Black Power is ‘Powellism in Reverse’. Many people have been fooled by this. I have received countless letters in this prison, both from Whites and Blacks, and most of them have argued that if Enoch Powell is allowed to be free to continue spreading his poisonous propaganda, they see no reason why I should be arrested and locked up behind bars. I must admit I feel flattered by the concern of so many people over my safety and the injustice of my plight. But I find this line of argument most distressing. To place me on the same racialist plane with Powell betrays a lamentable lack of understanding of my angle of involvement.
