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At the time, no form of nationalism was particularly popular in the UK, but there’d certainly be more people who were keen on Soviet Communism than on Naziism, the two big contenders at the time.

So, if you asked 100 members of the ‘intelligentsia’ which form of nationalism they preferred, 95 might say ‘none thanks’, with the other 5 opting for Soviet communism.