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Right, in this thread I want some replies as to how you think Britain could become further right in its leanings. I'm not talking about massive overhauls or the like, just to get the British Union of Fascists generally popular.

Now in OTL the BUF claimed to have 50,000 supporters at one point (I have no idea when.) It also had the support of the Daily Mail due to Lord Rothermere. But of course there were some negative things about the BUF, one being its anti-semetism image, which was gained through William Joyce even though Mosley himself wasn't a big anti-semite. Also the BUF was only created in 1932 and so had very little time to really gain large support.


Now a party that was created 9 years previously to the BUF was the British Fascisti party, created by Rotha Lintorn-Orman after Mussolini's 'March on Rome'. This saw little success though overall especially after the General Strike of 1926 and also seemed to foreign in the end due to its name.

So with a POD no earlier than November 7, 1921 after the creation of the 'National Fascist Party' in Italy you must make fascism appeal more in Britain to make a fascist party in the 1935 General Election surpass/rally alongside the Liberal Party. I know this is probably ASB but I'd like you to try it without making any major PODs that would affect the world greatly. For example nothing that would make Britain lose major colonies/terrorism/avoid WW2 etc.

Have fun, and go =]
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