The reasons why fascism failed to attract mainstream support and political power in Britain in the interwar years have been much debated. After the Second World War, some argued that the British people were somehow immune to fascism’s appeal. Patriotic historians argued that the British public’s innate love of liberty combined with a distrust of militarised political parties in uniforms meant that fascism would never succeed.
In reality, Britain in the 1920s and 1930s had many of the social and political ingredients that could have led to it becoming Fascist. By 1932 it also had a credible Fascist party — the British Union of Fascists. However, the party had little electoral success. Here we will look at some online resources to see why this was.
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