The Leader

[frontal assault]

I'm  currently reading "The Leader" by Guy Walthers, a tale of alternate history where Edward VIII has refused to abdicate and appointed Oswald Mosley as Prime Minister.  Essentially it's a story of how quickly Britain turns into a fascist state and the struggle by those who oppose it.  As a piece of writing, it isn't brilliant with some passages seemingly contradictory, but it does have some quite disturbing imagery, notably the description given of Hurricanes and Spitfires conducting a flypast.

Anyway, it's not too bad as potential source material for anyone building a BUF army for VBCW.

[Arlequín]

Yes, it's a book that quite a few folk have used as inspiration for VBCW... along with the movie Richard III (with Ian McKellern). I liked the first half of the book, the setting and quirks of a BUF Britain were quite well described, but felt let down by the second half to be honest. I'll offer up '48 by James Herbert as another similar themed, but flawed, novel.

Check out other books on related themes... I personally recommend  Collaborator by Murray Davies and of course SS-GB by Len Deighton (which I'm not able to link to due to the cover art)... but it's readily available from most book shops.