The BUF and the Communist Party

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The BUF and the Communist Party

• How significant was the threat from extremist
  groups in Britain in the 1930s?

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Moderate or extreme?

• Tax Make the rich pay 95 tax
• Law and order innocent until proven guilty
• Army force all men to serve in the army
• Punishment bring back the death penalty
• NHS good thing?
• Britain should be a welcoming place for
  immigrants

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The left
The right
The Centre



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THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
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The BUF

• The British Union of Fascists
• Led by Oswald Mosley
• Had been both a Labour and Conservative MP
• Modelled on Mussolini's Blackshirts Uniform and
  marches
• Appealed to working class areas

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The BUF Aims

• Govt was too inefficient small cabinet led by
  Mosley
• Less power for parliament
• State control of economy, self-sufficiency
• Traditional family values
• Became associated with Anti-Semitism
• Links with violence Olympia and Cable Street

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The Communist Party

• Argued for more radical socialist policies
• Opponents of fascism
• Rise in membership
• Heavily involved in Trade Unions
• Left Book club formed to circulate beliefs

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How significant were these groups?

• You must prepare a 10 min max presentation with
  your partners
• Explore
• Who these groups were
• What they believed in?
• How much support did they have?
• Methods used to increase support
• How serious a threat were they to the main
  political parties?