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Published 19:53 IST, February 6th 2020

How Peaky Blinders perfectly displays a glimpse of fascism in 19th century Britain

Peaky Blinders is a television show that revolves around 19th century England. Read more to know about Peaky Blinders showing a glimpse of fascist behaviour.

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Peaky Blinders in a Netflix television show that is popular for recreating the real-life events of a gang called Peaky Blinders. The makers recently launched the fifth season of the British drama, which revolves around Mosley's British Union of Fascists' political movement. A Tomatometer-approved critic spoke to a new publishing house regarding the same. He said that the creators are just trying to show the world how the Peaky Blinders took over Birmingham, England during the 19th century. Read more to know about how Peaky Blinders showing a glimpse of the fascist behaviour that existed at the time. 

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The creator on Sir Oswald Mosley in Peaky Blinders:

The show's creator also spoke about this topic and said that there are huge resonances between what was happening during the early 1930s and what is happening now the current period in terms of nationalism, populism, racism. He feels that it’s almost like history and fate were pointing this out to them. The main attraction of the show is Thomas Shelby’s neighbourhood’s  MP of the constituency, Sir Oswald Mosley. The creator also says that Oswald had approached Shelby with a proposition that portrayed a very distinctive vision for Britain. The creator also points out that Oswald was the person of interest here, and his slogan was also "Britain First".

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Peaky Blinders latest season

The latest season of Peaky Blinders featured Mosley taking himself away from the Labour Party to form the British Union of Fascists (BUF) and making Tommy his right-hand man. But the lead, Thomas Shelby, tried to backstab the British spokesperson but does not succeed in doing so. It is a great step by the makers of Peaky Blinders to portray what the British had gone through during the 19th century. 

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19:53 IST, February 6th 2020