Sargon of Akkad running for office

[Rev. Rye]

Wouldn't the new William Joyce actually have been Nick Griffin? At any rate, IIRC, it looks like Farage actually got further than Mosley did. Then again, I could be wrong; my main source for information on Mosley is The Code of the Woosters.

The BUF had near to 2m voters at one stage, and long into the war enjoyed the support of Lord Rothermere and his Daily Heil.  Only for the war and the vagaries of FPTP he'd probably have had a long career propping up the Tories.

But did the BUF actually inspire major legislation from Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin like UKIP ended up doing with Brexit? Outside of the Public Order Act of 1936, which existed to combat their influence, I mean. Maybe if the war hadn't ruined the Nazis' image they might have gotten further, but the fact remains that the war happened and they ended up being little more than a historical curiosity. Meanwhile, UKIP ends up having enough influence to convince David Cameron to hold a vote on whether to pull out of the EU. And they narrowly succeed. My point still stands that Farage still got further than Mosley.

Also, where are you getting the 2 million number? I'm looking it up and finding a maximum of 50,000 at its peak.