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Blackshirts Routed in British Municipal Elections

November 4, 1937
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FINAL RETURNS TODAY DISCLOSED THE EXTENT OF THE FASCIST ROUT IN MONDAY’S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. IN BETHNAL GREEN, SO-CALLED BLACKSHIRT STRONG-HOLD, THE NOTORIOUS ANTI-SEMITIC AGITATOR MICKLERK, POLLED ONLY 731 VOTES AGAINST 2,272 FOR THE LABORITE CANDIDATE. THE FASCISTS CONTESTED IN ONLY TWO OTHER WARDS, IN EACH OF WHICH THEY CAME IN LAST.

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