Jim,
Nobody has ever said such a thing -

They certainly have!
I quoted such figures then as Alibhai-Brown, Ahmed and Shafiq.
They all said that it was culture that led to the offending.
I just said I believed them. Why do you dismiss them all?
I neither knew nor know anything about that culture and could not form an opinion, but why would anyone dismiss their statements, and the many, many more that have been made by other prominent people since that 2011 discussion.

I always acknowledged that the offending was limited to a tiny minority.
I never have and never would make any racist statement, which is why your silly name calling is just that.

Raggy,
Powell was much criticised for his inflamatory statements at the time, but not for his use of that word.
Also, he left the Tory Party and supported Labour at the 74 election.