Editing Flash and circle (section)

==Usage outside of the BUF==
[[File:Uudenmaan akseli.jpg|thumb|left|[[Uusimaa]] chapter of the [[Suomen Sisu|National Axis]] with the symbol]]
The emblem of the Bulgarian fascist party, [[Union of Bulgarian National Legions]] (SBNL) utilised a variant of the version of flash and circle, replacing the swastika.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Дечев|first=Теодор|date=2020-03-04|title=Една панихида е по-човешка от факелно шествие|url=https://news.bg/comments/edna-panihida-e-po-choveshka-ot-fakelno-shestvie.html|access-date=2020-11-03|website=News.bg|language=bulgarian}}</ref> The lightning bolt represented the SBNL striking at communism.<ref>{{Cite web|title="НС Трибуна" - Съюз на Българските Национални легиони (СБНЛ)|url=https://nstribuna.org/sbnl.htm|access-date=2020-11-03|website=nstribuna.org}}</ref> Eventually the emblem would replace the lightning bolt with the swastika towards the end of 1944. [[File:People's Action Party supporters, Greenridge Secondary School, Singapore - 20110427-04.jpg|alt=Singapore People's Action Party flag|thumb|The flag of the People's Action Party of Singapore during the 2011 Singapore general election campaign.|273x273px]]The insignia of the [[People's Action Party]] (PAP) of [[Singapore]] is composed of a red flash struck through a smaller blue circle on a white background. The PAP insignia is claimed to represent "action within social/racial unity" with the white background representing purity in thought and deed.<ref>{{citation|last=Drysdale|first=John|title=Singapore: Struggle for Success|date=1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxH1BwAAQBAJ&dq=Flash+and+Circle&pg=PP80|page=80|isbn=9789814677677 }}</ref> When asked about the origins of the insignia, [[Lee Kuan Yew]]—a founding member of the PAP and Singapore's first [[Prime Minister of Singapore|Prime Minister]]—"acknowledged a design influence from the BUF symbol but added that the colour scheme had been changed for the PAP logo."<ref>{{cite news |last=Burton |first=John |date=7 May 2006 |title=Observer from Singapore |url=https://www.ft.com/content/297c2b22-ddee-11da-af29-0000779e2340 |work=[[Financial Times]] |location=London |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref>

The Youth Wing of the Italian [[Neo-fascism|Neo-fascist]] movement [[CasaPound]], Blocco Studentesco ("Students' Block") utilises a variant of the flash and circle directly inspired from Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Dianne |last2=Graebner |first2=William |title=Lotta Studentesca, Blocco Studentesco: the young right wing tackles education |url=https://www.romethesecondtime.com/2013/10/lotta-studentesca-blocco-studentesco.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |language=en}}</ref>

The youth of the neo-fascist<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akkerman |first1=Tjitske |url=https://books.google.fi/books?id=Ft8eDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA128&dq=Finland+neo+fascism&hl=fi&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi74sTHxMCMAxWgGBAIHZkBJrY4ChDoAXoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=Finland%20neo%20fascism&f=false |title=Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe: Into the Mainstream? |last2=Lange |first2=Sarah L. de |last3=Rooduijn |first3=Matthijs |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-41978-5 |page=128 |language=en |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> [[Suomen Sisu]], Kansallinen Akseli (National Axis), uses the flash in a circle symbol.<ref>Hussien, J. (2023). The Far-Right and the Use of History : Finnish fascism from the interwar period to the present (Dissertation). Retrieved from https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-507073</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/0cb1622b-c68c-475c-8727-4476fe8c3a2c|title=Suomen Sisun nuorisoryhmä Uudenmaan akselin puheenjohtaja: ”Emme värvää 13-vuotiaita”|work=[[Iltalehti]]|date=19 May 2025}}</ref>