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Although Fascism in the United Kingdom never reached the heights of many of its European counterparts, British politics after the First World War saw the emergence of a number of fascist movements, none of which ever came to power. ==Pre-War== A number of fascist movements emerged before the Second World War. Whilst none of these gained any parliamentary representation some of them enjoyed wider notability. Amongst the more important groups that were founded were: *The British Fascists (BF), founded in 1923 as the ''British Fascisti'' by Rotha Lintorn-Orman, one of the very few women to ever lead an avowedly fascist movement. Initially they had only a limited political platform but supported Italian fascism from 1931 to their demise in 1936.〔Benewick, p. 27〕 *The National Fascisti, a splinter group of the BF founded in 1924 that from the outset fully supported the tactics of Benito Mussolini.〔Benewick, p. 37〕 They fell apart after another group, the ''British National Fascisti'', broke away from them.〔Benewick, p. 36〕 *The Imperial Fascist League (IFL), also a breakaway from the BF, formed by Arnold Leese in 1929. After Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany they embraced Nazism.〔Benewick, pp. 45-46〕 *The British Union of Fascists (BUF), formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley as a successor to his New Party. The largest British fascist party, it absorbed members from other groups and called on the support of leading figures including members of the House of Lords, Commons, many Knights of the realm, as well as, for a time, the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper.〔Martin Pugh, 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' Fascists and Fascism in Britain between the Wars (London 2005)〕〔RJB Bosworth, "The British Press, the Conservatives, and Mussolini, 1920-34", Journal of Contemporary History, 1970〕 *The Militant Christian Patriots were a strongly anti-Semitic propaganda organisation that was formed around 1935 and briefly held a high profile.〔Linehan, p. 144〕 *The National Socialist League, a pro-Nazi breakaway from the BUF, formed in 1937 by William Joyce and John Beckett.〔Linehan, p. 111〕 It was wound up in 1939 when Joyce emigrated to Nazi Germany. *The English National Association, initially called the British National Party, sought to bring together former BUF members during the war.〔Dorrill, p. 529〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of British fascist parties」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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