Worthing was the ‘Munich of the South Coast’ in the 1930’s - with its Mosley-led British Union of Fascists HQ at 85 Marine Parade.
Mr Bentinck-Budd was elected as the Worthing Fascist councillor for West Sussex County Council - who always wore his blackshirt uniform at meetings (Source: ‘Blackshirts-on-Sea’ by J.A. Booker - Doubleday 2000).
The parallels are beyond disturbing.
Richard W. Symonds
Ifield Street, Ifield Village
Crawley, West Sussex