""At this next vital election Britain's survival as a Great Power will depend on the existence of a well-organised Party of the Right, ready to take over respon

""At this next vital election Britain's survival as a Great Power will depend on the existence of a well-organised Party of the Right, ready to take over responsibility for national affairs with the same directness of purpose and energy of method as Mussolini and Hitler have displayed.... That is why I say Hurrah for the Blackshirts! ... Hundreds of thousands of young British men and women would like to see their own country develop that spirit of patriotic pride and service which has transformed Germany and Italy. They cannot do better than seek out the nearest branch of the Blackshirts and make themselves acquainted with their aims and plans." 1st Lord Rothermere, The Daily Mail (15th January, 1934) https://spartacus-educational.com/Jmail.htm https://spartacus-educational.com/Jmail.htm