Something that annoys me is the trope that Mosley would be a British Hitler. I have my doubts. Mosley was of a higher social class, and I think he would be more of a Franco. What do you all think?
Mosley was of a higher social class
He seemed more interested initially in corporate state ideas
Something that annoys me is the trope that Mosley would be a British Hitler. I have my doubts. Mosley was of a higher social class, and I think he would be more of a Franco. What do you all think?
I agree here. Mosley was also more of a political maverick than Hitler. While Mosley was a member of both Labour and the Conservatives, and his own New Party before finally forming his own fascist outfit, Hitler started his political career directly in the NSDAP. That's why I see Mosley more as a British Mussolini, who already had an established demeanour through being involved with the Socialist Party.
A potential "British Hitler" was Arnold Leese, due to his extreme antisemitism. While Mosley's antisemitism seemed to be more functional, for Hitler antisemitism wasn't just one crucial part of fascist ideology, but the very core of his political thinking.
If Moseley were ever to succeed in controlling the British State the I suspect he would be more Stalinist than Fascist. His corporate state ideas bridged Mussolini's Fascism and the Five Year Plan and collectivism of the Stalinist era
St Kilda?
Or if you actually wanted them to do useful work - Isle of Man / Isle of Wight?
Hmm, where would one locate a British gulag?
Hmm, where would one locate a British gulag?
I would think it would be located in one of Britain's colonies, Britain's version of the French penal colony of Devil's Island.
Something that annoys me is the trope that Mosley would be a British Hitler. I have my doubts. Mosley was of a higher social class, and I think he would be more of a Franco. What do you all think?