 After his election failure in 1931, Mosley went on a study tour of the "new movements" of Italy's Benito Mussolini and other fascists, and returned convinced that it was the way forward for Britain.He was determined to unite the existing fascist movements and created the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932.The BUF was protectionist, strongly anti-communist and nationalistic to the point of advocating authoritarianism.