A uniform-less parade has no crowd appeal, British Fascist leaders and their adherents were convinced today following yesterday’s procession of 5,000 Mosleyites through the listless streets of an East End which once turned out en masse to watch their blackshirted marches.
Yesterday’s parade, although enlivened by a drum and bagpipe corps and the presence in the ranks of gaily clad boys, men and women, proved a fizzle. The slim crowd showed a complete apathy toward the marchers.
A law that went into effect early this year bans political uniforms, such as those formerly worn by the British Union of Fascists, of which Sir Oswald Mosley is the leader.
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