Conservative leader David Cameron's stance on immigration has been praised by the head of a new British equality organisation.
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) chairman Trevor Phillips praised Mr Cameron for attempting to "deracialise" the issue.
The Conservative spoke earlier this week of the need for a "grown-up conversation" on immigration.
The equality chief suggested the Tory leader set himself apart from others in his party's history, including Enoch Powell - best remembered for his controversial 1968 "Rivers of Blood" speech on immigration - and Margaret Thatcher.
Mr Phillips said: "For the first time in my adult life I heard a party leader clearly attempting to deracialise the issue of immigration and to treat it like any other question of political and economic management.
"And given that Mr Cameron is speaking against a background in which his party's policy inheritance is defined by Howard, Hague, Thatcher and Powell, this seems to me like a turning point in our national debate about immigration."