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Fascism in Britain

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Nigel Copsey discusses the British Union of Fascists and its leader, Oswald Mosley Nigel Copsey speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about the British Union of Fascists, which gained support in the 1930s, and its leader Oswald Mosley. They also discuss the party’s foundation, ideology and connections to the fascist regimes of Italy and Germany. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.3

And remember, it's just between us.

0:47.5

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

1:03.0

I'm Ellie Gawthorne. As Hitler gained control in Germany and Mussolini secured his hold over the Italian state, one group was trying to replicate their success and establish a fascist regime in Britain.

1:09.4

The British Union of Fascists and its leader,

1:12.9

Oswald Mosley, make an appearance in the latest series of the BBC drama, Peakey Blinders.

1:19.0

And to find out more about the real movement and its leader, I spoke to Nigel Copsie,

1:24.6

a professor at Teesside University specialising in fascism and anti-fascism in Britain.

1:31.0

Today we're going to be talking about the British Union of fascists and its leader, Oswald Mosley.

1:37.9

Can you tell me as a historian how you became interested in the story of fascism in Britain.

1:45.0

Why is there such an interesting or an important part of our history to get to grips with?

1:49.8

I think probably for a variety of reasons,

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