Mosley was a Member of Parliament successively as Conservative (1918–22), Independent (1922–24), and Labour (1925–31). Calling for a dictatorial system of government, he formed the National Union of Fascists in 1932. Anti-Semitic and fascist in character, the Union staged violent rallies in the East End of London. Mosley was interned during 1940–43. In 1948 he founded the ‘Union Movement’, whose theme was European unity.