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| Row after Tory MEP praises Enoch | Row after Tory MEP praises Enoch |
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| Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has criticised a Tory MEP for citing Enoch Powell as a political influence. | Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has criticised a Tory MEP for citing Enoch Powell as a political influence. |
| Daniel Hannan told a website the 1960's anti-immigration campaigner understood "the importance of national democracy". | Daniel Hannan told a website the 1960's anti-immigration campaigner understood "the importance of national democracy". |
| The Conservatives said he had not been talking about Mr Powell's views on immigration but Lord Mandelson said it showed the "two faces" of the party. | The Conservatives said he had not been talking about Mr Powell's views on immigration but Lord Mandelson said it showed the "two faces" of the party. |
| Mr Hannan later told the BBC he was a "libertarian" on immigration but had agreed with Mr Powell over Europe. | Mr Hannan later told the BBC he was a "libertarian" on immigration but had agreed with Mr Powell over Europe. |
| The MEP caused controversy two weeks ago when he described the NHS as a "60 year mistake" on US television - prompting Tory leader David Cameron to say his party stood "four square behind the NHS" and saying of Mr Hannan: "He does have some quite eccentric views about some things." | The MEP caused controversy two weeks ago when he described the NHS as a "60 year mistake" on US television - prompting Tory leader David Cameron to say his party stood "four square behind the NHS" and saying of Mr Hannan: "He does have some quite eccentric views about some things." |
| He also became a hit on the video sharing site YouTube, with a three minute speech in the European Parliament attacking Gordon Brown as the "devalued" leader of a "devalued" government. | He also became a hit on the video sharing site YouTube, with a three minute speech in the European Parliament attacking Gordon Brown as the "devalued" leader of a "devalued" government. |
| In an interview with US internet television channel Reason TV, he cited Mr Powell as a political influence, saying: "He was somebody who understood the importance of national democracy, who understood why you need to live in an independent country and what that meant, as well as being a free marketeer and a small-government Conservative." | In an interview with US internet television channel Reason TV, he cited Mr Powell as a political influence, saying: "He was somebody who understood the importance of national democracy, who understood why you need to live in an independent country and what that meant, as well as being a free marketeer and a small-government Conservative." |
| Mr Powell was sacked from the shadow cabinet by Ted Heath in 1968 for his "Rivers of Blood" speech about the dangers of mass immigration. | Mr Powell was sacked from the shadow cabinet by Ted Heath in 1968 for his "Rivers of Blood" speech about the dangers of mass immigration. |
| Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said: "Yet again, we are seeing the two faces of the Conservative party: the one they want to present to the public and the one which attacks the NHS and praises Enoch Powell." | Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said: "Yet again, we are seeing the two faces of the Conservative party: the one they want to present to the public and the one which attacks the NHS and praises Enoch Powell." |
| And Labour MP Parmjit Dhanda urged Mr Cameron to rebuke Mr Hannan - pointing to former Conservative parliamentary candidate Nigel Hastilow, who wrote in a newspaper article that Enoch Powell was "right" on immigration and later resigned after criticism from senior Tories. | And Labour MP Parmjit Dhanda urged Mr Cameron to rebuke Mr Hannan - pointing to former Conservative parliamentary candidate Nigel Hastilow, who wrote in a newspaper article that Enoch Powell was "right" on immigration and later resigned after criticism from senior Tories. |
| Conservative sources said Mr Hannan would not be disciplined because his praise for Mr Powell had not referred to the late politician's stance on immigration. | Conservative sources said Mr Hannan would not be disciplined because his praise for Mr Powell had not referred to the late politician's stance on immigration. |