Francis Beckett

Britain can be as prone to fascism as any other nation

There’s nothing about the British psyche that guards against extremism, but our demagogues have been too busy fighting each other to make much impact

From magazine issue: 11 April 2020

Oswald Mosley holds forth. Credit: Getty Images

issue 11 April 2020

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