What Is Fascism?
1. Sir Oswald Mosely
Many of you will recognize the name from the TV drama: Peaky Blinders. While not all of the show’s characters are based on real people, Sir Oswald Mosley was very real indeed. He was born into wealth and was a 6th Baronet, hence the title “Sir” was hereditary in his case. Mosley first joined government as a conservative, and later found himself moving to the Labor party. Due to disagreements with party policies, he resigned from labor despite being tipped as a future Prime Minister, and would later go on to form the British Union of Fascists. His party did not gain significant support, and it was banned in 1940.
