 Following the collapse of this regime he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his leading role in the fascist government.Soon after being sent to prison however Gray was amnestied and in 1947 he launched his own journal, "La Rivolta Ideale", which pressed a neo-fascist line.He then edited "Il Nazionale", the paper of the Italian Social Movement and became a leading figure on the hard-line tendency, supporting Giorgio Almirante in his struggles with the more moderate Arturo Michelini.