Original sentence: Even today, the speech remains the subject of much argument and controversy, all the more so because Powell was highly regarded as one of Britain's most gifted politicians, albeit a maverick.Many since the speech have instantly - and understandably - labelled his views as racist, and condemned them as such; others have interpreted the speech not as a fear over race, but as a fear that the clash of cultures would be too much for Britain's social infrastructure (a view that the events of Brixton and Toxteth in the 1980s suggest were not entirely wrong)