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The far-right: Sinister shadows of the past
Eighty years ago Mosley’s fascists were rallying the faithful at London’s Olympia. JOHN ELLISON sees disturbing parallels with the rise of Britain First today
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Saturday was the 80th anniversary of the infamous 1934 rally staged by Oswald Mosley’s gangsters at London’s Olympia venue.
This date is barely a fortnight after a tiny uniformed group of Britain First fascists, sinisterly escorted by an armoured Land Rover, marched past a mosque in London’s Brick Lane, echoing in chilling fashion the 1930s antics of hereditary baronet Sir Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists.
The Olympia meeting was intended to mark the escalation of influence of Britain’s fascists and to be a stepping stone towards their acquisition — aping developments in Italy and Germany — of political power.
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