Mosley and the Blackshirts

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In the 1930s, as Germany succumbed to the Nazis and Mussolini ruled Italy, Sir Oswald Mosley created the British Union of Facists, supported by the Daily Mail who famously declared 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' Why did he fail? Could Britain have succumbed to a facist dictatorship? And did his teenage kids say 'Honestly Dad, you're such a facist!' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.8	Hello and welcome to We Are History. I'm John O'Farrell.
0:52.2	And I'm Angela Barnes.
0:53.6	And we're here to do another episode of our Lesson Serious History Podcast.
1:00.7	Talk about things that interest us, amuse us.
1:03.6	I think worth exploring.
1:04.9	Probably say what we're talking about today.
1:06.4	Not that amusing.
1:07.4	Well, not that amusing, but I think interesting.
1:09.9	Yeah.
1:10.3	If you've been watching Peaky Blinders, you will know who this bloke is.
1:13.3	I haven't.
1:13.9	Have you been watching Peeky Blinders?
1:15.1	No, but my son said, do one on Oswald Mosley.
1:17.5	Right.
1:17.9	Because your sons are fascist.
1:20.1	Massive, massive black shirt, my lad.
1:22.4	I brought him upright. And also, I think the black shirts and Oswald Mosley are featured in World on Fire as well.
1:30.2	Fine drama by Pete Balker.
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