AN ACTIVIST who opposed Oswald Mosley’s blackshirts in the 1930s has died at the age of 105, it was revealed today.

Former Tower Hamlets councillor and the oldest member of the Labour Party, Beatty Orwell was just a month away from her 106^th birthday.

She spent her life fighting against fascism, from the front lines at the Battle of Cable Street in her teens to her service in her community.

In an interview with the Morning Star, Ms Orwell said: “You have got to try to stop [fascists] marching; you have to protest, whenever they appear.

“You can try not to get involved with fascists all you like — but if you don’t, they will get involved with you!”

Author Louise Raw, who interviewed her at the time, said: “I first met Beatty Orwell in 2019, when she was already 101, but extremely sharp, warm and funny.

“Over pastries from her favourite Jewish bakery, Rinkhoff’s, she told me about growing up in London with Mosley’s blackshirts on every street corner, trying to intimidate the local Jewish community.

“I last saw her at 105 and though frail, she still wanted to know what was going on in anti-fascism.”