John Beckett (politician)

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John Warburton Beckett (11 October 1894 – 28 December 1964) was a British politician who was a Labour Party MP from 1924 to 1931. During the 1930s, he joined the fascist movement, first in the British Union of Fascists and later as founder of the National Socialist League and the British People's Party. During World War II, Beckett was interned after being implicated in a fascist plot against the British government. Of three such plots revealed by MI5, Beckett's plan was described as the most politically developed. Beckett said he had plans to set up a Quisling government if and when Britain was conquered by Germany.

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