04/03/2026
Before you let the Daily Mail boil your brain with Trumps recent remarks about our prime minister just remember what they were saying before our soldiers were killed and our citizens bombed in WW2
“In the early 1930s, the Daily Mail — under its owner Lord Rothermere — publicly supported fascist movements in Britain and expressed admiration for aspects of Hitler’s rise in Germany. This stance shifted later in the decade as war approached, but the early praise is well‑documented by historians.
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1. “Hurrah for the Blackshirts” — 15 January 1934
• A full‑page editorial written by Lord Rothermere.
• Praised Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF).
• Described Mosley’s ideas as “sound, common sense, Conservative doctrine.”
• Encouraged readers to support the BUF.”