Public Order Act 1936

And as we've discussed in previous episodes, the state's response further curbed their activities after that.

So particularly with the Public Order Act of 1936 and that moment where they ban the political uniforms, that's a direct strike against fascists.

And that curbing of the powers to hold political marches, it took away the tool that the BOF used for provoking the public.

And it took away their power to sort of intimidate the East End in the way that they had been doing.

But of course, for the state, that wasn't the case, and, and what happens afterwards is just as important.

So the state responds with, uh, what is known then as the Public Order Act of 1936, and Parliament rushes through this legislation, and it essentially kind of cracks down on this, right? The police and the Home Secretary, um, gains greater power to ban marches like this, and then the power-

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... to explicitly prohibit, this is the, the really interesting part to me, the power to explicitly prohibit the wearing of political uniforms in public, like the black shirts that were worn by Mosley's followers.