Nationalist England pre-wwi

What if in 1900 there was a massive international economic collapse, that threatens the ruin of the British Empire. With the English people desperate to restore their economy, they elect a radical 'Hitler' like figure, who pursues Pro-German policies, as well as violent repression of the Irish nationalists and Jewish inhabitants of Britain. If WWI was fought with Germany and this new England fighting the French and Russians, how would it play out?
 
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LordKalvert

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Wouldn't an Anti-Semite be inclined to ally with Russia rather than Germany at the time? The Romanovs are the most anti-semitic regime until Hitler

By the way, there is a sharp economic downturn starting around 1899 and lasting until 1903
 
Wouldn't an Anti-Semite be inclined to ally with Russia rather than Germany at the time? The Romanovs are the most anti-semitic regime until Hitler

By the way, there is a sharp economic downturn starting around 1899 and lasting until 1903

If this hypothetical dictator was anti-Semitic and anti-Irish, he would probably espouse closer kinship with Germanic people, therefore hindering an Anglo-Russian alliance. Besides, England and Russia were competing for control of Central Asia in the early 1900's.
 

LordKalvert

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If this hypothetical dictator was anti-Semitic and anti-Irish, he would probably espouse closer kinship with Germanic people, therefore hindering an Anglo-Russian alliance. Besides, England and Russia were competing for control of Central Asia in the early 1900's.

The English were always torn between confronting and cooperating with Russia. In 1904 they help Japan attack Russia but then in 1914 they help Russia.

Anti-Semitism is a bit tricky here- certainly the Kaiser expressed such sentiments privately but publicly steered away from it. Austria would be a big problem since Franz Joseph never tolerated it
 
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