ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces a spatial component into post-1945 British fascist studies by considering the role played by space in important areas of fascist political life and culture by focusing on the activities of one of the main far right organisations of the post-war era, the national front (NF). It considers street-based political struggles for space in a further related sense, namely the national front's attempt to access space in the face of the tenacious opposition of a range of political rivals determined to deny fascism the space to grow. Before we turn to the matter of spatialising the NF, we should attempt to summarise some of the key points mentioned above which speak to the issue of space and political and social movements. To a large extent, the NF pursued similar spatial tactics to those of the largest and most prominent of the pre-war British fascist groups, the BUF.
