AH Challenge: A Fascist Britain

Wolfpaw

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With a POD after 1900, have the UK fall under a fascist dictatorship.

Perhaps a bit clich
é, but I still think it a fun exercise nonetheless. Bonus points if you have it happen after World War II. Super extra bonus points if you have it to survive till the present day in some form or another.

There are several conditions:

  • Britain for Britons: This must be a home-grown fascist regime, not set up or propped up by a foreign power. So no successful Nazi invasion for all you Mosleyites out there ;) (even though that regime would probably be national socialist rather than fascist).
  • A Lasting Impression: The fascist regime must last for at least 10 years.
  • Party at the Helm: The country must be ruled by the leader of a fascist Party, not by some apolitical or conservative general who gets it into his head to seize power or something like that.
  • The One True Ideology: This must be a fascist state. Not national socialist, not an authoritarian one with some vague nationalist ideology, nor a military dictatorship. This must be a fascist state with a clearly outlined fascist ideology.

So, without further ado, let's get those fascists to rule Britannia!
 
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Halifax follows Chamberlain, and Britain gets peace with Germany after France falls.

Britain is in a state of disarray after losing, and devolves before being propped up by a rather charismatic (fascist) political group in Britain. It wins decisively in the elections, turns Britain into a fascist state, and I have beaten this challenge.:)
 

Wolfpaw

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Fascism Bump! :p
 

world

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National Democratic Party and National party merge after the 1918 election and don’t join the Conservatives.
Giving them 11 MP's.

They increase their size and number of MP's to around 25 after the 1924 election.

In the 1929 election they gain the support of Rothermere and Beaverbrook’s media groups.
Contesting all seats and gaining 90 MP's.

Churchill and a number of Conservative MP defect before the 1931 election over the India issue.
Mosley and several other MP's join over the unemployment issue.
Lloyd George accepts an offer to come lead the National party for the 1931 election.
Churchill takes the position as Colonial and Foreign affairs spokesman.
Mosley as economic spokesman.

1931 election the National party takes 201 seats but the National Coalition maintains a majority.
Labour reduced to 40 seats.

All three main characters in the party begin to praise Fascism over the next few years and Fascist ginger groups are set up within the party.
Rothermere and Beaverbrook’s papers also heap praise on Fascist Italy.

1935 election is fought on a manifesto of Nationalism, Imperialism, Nationalisation, Public works and Social Reform.

The National party wins the election taking 46% of the vote and 380 seats.

On taking power the National party institutes mass public works programmes and re-armament wiping out unemployment, much of the large strategic companies are nationalised, free healthcare and university education are instituted, immigration is banned, all reformed in India are reversed and Ghandi jailed.

Mass British Nationalist rallies are held across the Empire.
Lloyd George as Mosley’s behest adopts the Roman salute at rallies and party functions.
It is cached as an ancient Northern European greeting to make it more British.

Britain signs peace agreements and treat of friendship with Italy and Germany in 1936.

Britain openly backs Franco in the Spanish civil war which ends much earlier with a Nationalist victory.
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia is supported too.

The National party takes 59% of the vote in the 1939 election taking 540 seats.

After the election Lloyd George steps down as Prime Minister and hands over to Mosley.

Mosley becomes the first National party leader to don the Black shirt.
Most party members follow suit.
Churchill begins plans to create a British Imperial Parliament.

The NP ignores the German invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland.

In winter 1940 the USSR invades Finland.
The government declares war on the USSR.
Democracy in the UK is suspended for the duration of the war.

In June 1940 a combined British, German, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, Finish, Spanish, Portuguese and Slovakian invasion of the USSR begins.

Moscow Leningrad and Kiev are taken by December.

In 1941 Japan and Turkey join the attack on the USSR.
By the end of 1941 most of the USSR from Astrakhan to Archangel is taken.

In 1943 the collapse of the USSR begins with all land west of the Urals taken.
The USSR surrenders by the end of the year and Siberia is occupied.

In 1944 Mosley and the National party are now more popular than ever in the UK.
Mosley renames the party the National Fascist Party.
An Imperial Parliament is announced in London.
The Fascist party sweeps to power in the Imperial Election.
Across the Empire National parliaments are abolished however Provincial and State parliaments will remain for the time being.
The Imperial Parliament asks for special powers in a Referendum which will abolish parliamentary democracy and procedure and establish the Empire Fascist Totalitarian state with all sectors of public life represented by Corporations.
The people pass the bill with 55% in favour.
The Imperial parliament becomes the Imperial Fascist Council was Mosley as the leader.
 
I like it. It depends on a few butterflies but I think the Rothermere and Beaverbrook support, if made to happen realistically, is a good way of kicking it off to a strong start. The only thing I'm not sure about is Lloyd George standing down in 1939 - I very much doubt he'd still be in the top job at that age.
 

world

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I like it. It depends on a few butterflies but I think the Rothermere and Beaverbrook support, if made to happen realistically, is a good way of kicking it off to a strong start. The only thing I'm not sure about is Lloyd George standing down in 1939 - I very much doubt he'd still be in the top job at that age.

Lloyd George still saw himself becoming Britain's Petain at that age.
Churchill offered him a place in the war cabinet too.
 
National Democratic Party and National party merge after the 1918 election and don’t join the Conservatives.
Giving them 11 MP's.

They increase their size and number of MP's to around 25 after the 1924 election.

In the 1929 election they gain the support of Rothermere and Beaverbrook’s media groups.
Contesting all seats and gaining 90 MP's.

Churchill and a number of Conservative MP defect before the 1931 election over the India issue.
Mosley and several other MP's join over the unemployment issue.
Lloyd George accepts an offer to come lead the National party for the 1931 election.
Churchill takes the position as Colonial and Foreign affairs spokesman.
Mosley as economic spokesman.

1931 election the National party takes 201 seats but the National Coalition maintains a majority.
Labour reduced to 40 seats.

All three main characters in the party begin to praise Fascism over the next few years and Fascist ginger groups are set up within the party.
Rothermere and Beaverbrook’s papers also heap praise on Fascist Italy.

1935 election is fought on a manifesto of Nationalism, Imperialism, Nationalisation, Public works and Social Reform.

The National party wins the election taking 46% of the vote and 380 seats.

On taking power the National party institutes mass public works programmes and re-armament wiping out unemployment, much of the large strategic companies are nationalised, free healthcare and university education are instituted, immigration is banned, all reformed in India are reversed and Ghandi jailed.

Mass British Nationalist rallies are held across the Empire.
Lloyd George as Mosley’s behest adopts the Roman salute at rallies and party functions.
It is cached as an ancient Northern European greeting to make it more British.

Britain signs peace agreements and treat of friendship with Italy and Germany in 1936.

Britain openly backs Franco in the Spanish civil war which ends much earlier with a Nationalist victory.
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia is supported too.

The National party takes 59% of the vote in the 1939 election taking 540 seats.

After the election Lloyd George steps down as Prime Minister and hands over to Mosley.

Mosley becomes the first National party leader to don the Black shirt.
Most party members follow suit.
Churchill begins plans to create a British Imperial Parliament.

The NP ignores the German invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland.

In winter 1940 the USSR invades Finland.
The government declares war on the USSR.
Democracy in the UK is suspended for the duration of the war.

In June 1940 a combined British, German, Italian, Romanian, Hungarian, Finish, Spanish, Portuguese and Slovakian invasion of the USSR begins.

Moscow Leningrad and Kiev are taken by December.

In 1941 Japan and Turkey join the attack on the USSR.
By the end of 1941 most of the USSR from Astrakhan to Archangel is taken.

In 1943 the collapse of the USSR begins with all land west of the Urals taken.
The USSR surrenders by the end of the year and Siberia is occupied.

In 1944 Mosley and the National party are now more popular than ever in the UK.
Mosley renames the party the National Fascist Party.
An Imperial Parliament is announced in London.
The Fascist party sweeps to power in the Imperial Election.
Across the Empire National parliaments are abolished however Provincial and State parliaments will remain for the time being.
The Imperial Parliament asks for special powers in a Referendum which will abolish parliamentary democracy and procedure and establish the Empire Fascist Totalitarian state with all sectors of public life represented by Corporations.
The people pass the bill with 55% in favour.
The Imperial parliament becomes the Imperial Fascist Council was Mosley as the leader.

I wonder what the Americans were doing during this. :confused::confused::confused:
 

Teleology

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Nothing in Europe but FDR still might want to provoke Japan.

Religious fundamentalism as a counter to godless Nationalism and Communism?

The inevitable conquest of Canada and Mexico could keep the US busy indefinitely, but we could always send the navy out to fight the Japanese for Europe's Pacific colonies and support Catholic Republicans in Australia.
 

world

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Religious fundamentalism as a counter to godless Nationalism and Communism?

The inevitable conquest of Canada and Mexico could keep the US busy indefinitely, but we could always send the navy out to fight the Japanese for Europe's Pacific colonies and support Catholic Republicans in Australia.

As they say "God loves a tryer".
 
Oddly enough I made a flag for a fascist Britain today.

And for a fascist Britain, just have a Fascist movement started by pissed off younger people, supported by a popular rock star. Like in The Wall.

Floydian.PNG
 

Teleology

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Oddly enough I made a flag for a fascist Britain today.

And for a fascist Britain, just have a Fascist movement started by pissed off younger people, supported by a popular rock star. Like in The Wall.

The White Duke goes full on freaky ew Age/occult philosophy and starts the equivalent of an Anglo-Saxon theosophical society, which later generates a fascist revolution in the dystopian cold war future?
Doesn't qualify for this thread, but I think I've got a science fiction idea of some merit in it.
 
Well, it's a little undefined, but a great way to meet your first criteria -- Britain for Britons -- is to have a PoD where Churchill is assassinated by a communist in 1946, then have the Labor government push on with decolonization, the NHS, and socialization of utilities, rail, and the like.

What this will invariably produce is a substantial number of conservatives who see the murder as what cheated them out of empire and glory; from there, you have a base eager for militarism and contemptous of socialism, but less attracted to ideas like the free market. (Maybe like Thatcherism without Hayek?)
 
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