''The Blackshirt'' was the official newspaper of

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician during the 1920s and 1930s who rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member ...

's British Union of Fascists (BUF) from 1933 until 1936. After the launch of ''

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'' in 1936, ''The Blackshirt'' declined in importance. An attempt was made to reorganise it as a regional paper in "Southern" (the Midlands, Wales, the West, and South West and the East), "East London" (Greater London) and "Northern" (the North West, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland) editions. From June 1939 it became the ''British Union News''. Due to the outbreak of war the BUF decided to concentrate all its journalistic resources on ''Action'' and ''Blackshirt'' ceased publication. The paper also incorporated the short-lived ''The Fascist Week'' (1933–34).''The Blackshirt''.
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