British fascism

British Fascism is the form of fascism promoted by parties in the United Kingdom. Thomas P. Linehan. British fascism, 1918-39: parties, ideology and culture. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2000. p. 14. British fascism is based on British Nationalism. Richard C. Thurlow. Fascism in Britain: from Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front. 2nd edition. New York: I. B. Taurus, 2006. p. 133-134. Examples of British Fascist movements are British Fascists (1923-1934) and the British Union of Fascists (1932-1940). Some recent examples are National Front (1967-present) and Britain First (2011-present). 

Ideological origins

British Fascism is based upon Italian Fascism and British Traditions. 

British Fascism claims that both it Economic and Political agenda represent Tudor England. It claims its centralized national authoritarian state is based upon the Tudor System. 

British Fascism also claims the legacy of Oliver Cromwell.Julie V. Gottlieb, Thomas P. Linehan. The culture of fascism: visions of the Far Right in Britain. New York: I. B. Taurus, 2004. p. 152.

English Political theorist Thomas Hobbes in his work Leviathan (1651) created the ideology of Absolutism which was highly influential in the fascist ideology.Contemporary Political Theory: New Dimensions, Basic Concepts and Major Trends. 12th Edition. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 2007. p. 705.

British fascism claims its corporatist economic policy is based upon the medieval guild system. 

Beliefs

 Nationalism 
British Fascism is based upon British Nationalism.

 Foreign polices 
British Fascism was Non-interventionism and argued war should only be used in defense of Britain or the British Empire. It believed the only threat to the British Empire was from the Soviet Union. Oswald Mosley. Fascism: 100 Questions Asked and Answered. Question 88

Corporatist policies would also be spread to the empire.Oswald Mosley. Fascism: 100 Questions Asked and Answered. Question 83

 Totalitarianism 
British Fascism is Totalitarian. The BUF declared support for a totalitarian state with Mosley describing it as "a nation emerges organised in the divine parallel of the human body as the name implies. Every organ plays a part in relation to the whole and in harmony with the whole".Roger Griffin. Fascism, Totalitarianism And Political Religion. Oxon, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2005. P. 110.  

 Corporatism economy 
British Fascism is against laissez-faire and promotes a corporatist economic system.

 Traditionalism 
British Fascism supports the British Monarchy.

References

Category:Fascism
Category:Politics of the United Kingdom