The Ministry of Public Buildings and Works has issued a permit for an open-air rally to be held in Trafalgar Square, next Sunday, by the British Union of Fascists, led by Sir Oswald Mosley, it was conceded by the Government in the House of Commons today.
The admission was made by the new Minister of Public Buildings and Works, Geoffrey Ripon, after he was questioned in the House by Arthur Lewis, a member of the Labor Party. Mr. Lewis pointed out that the fascist meeting “is likely to cause a breach of the peace.” He asked the new Minister whether he would permit the holding of such a meeting, and Mr. Ripon replied that the permit had already been granted by his predecessor.
Sunday’s scheduled Mosleyite rally will be the seventh of its kind held in Trafalgar Square since 1959. A meeting at the same site nearly three weeks ago, conducted by the British National Socialist movement, a group that openly proclaims itself as anti-Semitic, caused a riot and resulted in the arrest of 20 persons.
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