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Ambalavaner Sivanandan
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“We are here because you were there.”
Ambalavaner Sivanandan (1923–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire (2021) by Ian Patel
“What Enoch Powell says today, the Conservative Party says tomorrow, and the Labour Party legislates on the day after.”
Ambalavaner Sivanandan (1923–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in the House of Commons by Zarah Sultana, 17 November 2025.