Robert Kilroy-Silk (born May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ...19 May 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1942) is a British politician and is well_known as the presenter of his former daytime television confessional talk show, Kilroy. Onetime university Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English_speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ...lecturer and The Labour Party is a centre_left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...Labour Party A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...MP, he more recently stood successfully for the The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you_kip) is a right_wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ...UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ...2004 election to the The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...European Parliament, before leaving them in 2005 to found a new party called Veritas.

Education and early political career

In May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...May 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1942, Robert Silk was born in This article is about the city in England. ...Birmingham, the son of William Silk, a Royal Navy Ensign The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. ...Royal Navy stoker, and his wife Rose. William Silk was lost at sea the following year, aged 22. Rose then married his best friend, John Kilroy, a car worker at the West Midlands Rootes plant, later The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ...British Leyland, who adopted the young boy and gave him the first part of his surname.

He was educated at Saltley Grammar School, Birmingham, and later at the The London School of Economics and Political Science, often called the London School of Economics or the LSE, is one of the worlds major specialist universities in economics and social sciences. ...London School of Economics and then became a lecturer in Politics is the process and method of decision_making for groups of human beings. ...politics at The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ...Liverpool University from _1...1966_ 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...1974.

He was a Labour MP for Ormskirk is a small market town in England, situated in West Lancashire, just 13 miles north of Liverpool and 18 miles south of Preston. ...Ormskirk from 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...1974 to 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983 and for Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. ...Knowsley North from 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983 to 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1986. He was appointed Shadow Home Affairs spokesman, but resigned in 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1985. In resigning his seat, he claimed that he had been victimised and assaulted by members of The Militant Tendency was a Trotskyist faction within the Labour Party in the UK, practicing entryist tactics. ...Militant Tendency. One documented assault was on left_wing Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn (born 26 May 1949) is a British Member of Parliament for Islington North. ...Jeremy Corbyn, by Kilroy_Silk himself [1] (http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=527488).

Kilroy and 'anti_Arab' controversy

His show Kilroy, started on November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...24 November 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1986 as Day To Day and ran until 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004, when the programme was cancelled by the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC after an article entitled 'We owe Arabs nothing' by Kilroy_Silk[2]  (http://www.caabu.org/campaigns/kilroy_article.html) was published in the The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ...Sunday Express on January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...January 4. The article had originally been published in 2003 : January _ February _ March _ April _ May _ June _ July _ August _ September _ October _ November _ December - → A timeline of events in the news for April 2003. ...April 2003 by the same paper and 'republished in error' according to Kilroy_Silk[3]  (http://209.157.64.200/focus/f_news/1055475/posts), although during its first incarnation the article failed to attract the same furore from the national press or provoke any (ostensible) disciplinary action from the BBC. While the article attacks the Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...human rights record of Arab states, it also makes little distinction between this and Arabic people in general (whom Kilroy has, in a BBC Hard Talk interview erroneously associated with Look up Afghan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Afghan can refer to any of the following: A Pashtun (ethnicity) The Pushtu language The Afghan hound since 1964, a citizen of Afghanistan An Afghan carpet This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...Afghans, demonstrating _ according to critics like Emeka Onono _ a general ignorance about Arabs[[4] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/kilroy.shtml)). One passage in the article reads

'We're told that the Arabs loathe us. Really? For For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq without the explicit backing of the United...liberating the Iraqis? For subsidising the lifestyles of people in The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in northeastern Africa. ...Egypt and The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called Jordan, is a country in the Middle East. ...Jordan, to name but two, for giving them vast amounts of aid? For providing them with For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ...science, See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ...medicine, Technology ( Gr. ...technology and all the other benefits of the West? They should go down on their knees and thank God for the munificence of the United States. What do they think we feel about them? That we adore them for the way they murdered more than 3,000 civilians on The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...September 11 and then danced in the hot, dusty streets to celebrate the murders? That we admire them for the cold_blooded killings in Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. ...Mombasa, The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. ...Yemen and elsewhere? That we admire them for being A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...suicide bombers, Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ...limb_amputators, women repressors?'

The article was strongly condemned by the The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is an organisation founded in 1997 to defend the rights of Muslims, improve relations between Muslims and wider society and to promote cooperation, consensus and unity on Muslim affairs in the United Kingdom. ...Muslim Council of Britain and the The Commission for Racial Equality is a non_governmental organisation in the United Kingdom which tackles racial discrimination and promotes racial equality. ...Commission for Racial Equality. Trevor Phillips is a British Labour politician. ...Trevor Phillips, the head of the CRE said that the affair could have a "hugely unhelpful" effect. Faisal Bodi, a columnist for The Guardian was also the name of a U.S. television series. ...The Guardian, wanted Kilroy_Silk prosecuted for "incitement to racial hatred". In an article entitled 'Islamophobia should be as unacceptable as racism' [5]  (http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,11374,1120849,00.html), he attacked Kilroy_Silk for his criticism of Islam ( Arabic al_islām الإسلام,  listen?) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second_largest religion. ...Islam after the proclamation of the death sentence on Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ...Salman Rushdie:

During the Salman Rushdie affair in 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989, he [Kilroy_Silk] wrote that if The word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK) the island of Great Britain, which consists of the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales sometimes the Roman province called Britain or Britannia The word British generally means belonging to or associated with Britain in either of the...Britain's "resident ayatollahs" could not "accept British values and laws then there is no reason at all why the British should feel any need, still less compulsion, to accommodate theirs". Buoyed by the support of liberals in a debate that was characterised as Freedom of speech is the right to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related right to hear what others have stated. ...free speech versus In ancient Rome, censorship was the office or function of a censor. ...censorship he went much further. "Muslims everywhere behave with equal savagery. They behead criminals, stone to death female _ only female _ adulteresses, throw acid in the faces of women who refuse to wear the chador, mutilate the genitals of young girls and ritually abuse animals", he wrote for the The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ...Daily Express in 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1995.

However, Ibrahim Nawar, the head of Arab Press Freedom Watch came out in support of Kilroy_Silk in a This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...Daily Telegraph article [6] (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/11/nsilk112.xml)

I fully support Robert Kilroy_Silk and salute him as an advocate of freedom of expression. I would like to voice my solidarity with him and with all those who face the censorship of such a basic human right. I agree with much of what he says about Arab regimes. There is a very long history of oppression in the Arab world, particularly in the states he mentions: Iran, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, as well as in Sudan and Tunisia. . . . I would also agree with Mr Kilroy_Silk's comments on the oppression of women by totalitarian Arab states. Women in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabian Peninsula. ...Saudi Arabia even have to struggle for the right to walk unaccompanied in the street or to drive a car.

At the time, there was speculation it could affect Sunday Express owner Richard Clive Desmond (born December 8, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. ...Richard Desmond's attempt to acquire the Daily Telegraph, though Desmond later dropped the bid for unrelated reasons.

Labour MP Andrew Hartley Dismore (born September 2, 1954) is the Labour member of Parliament for Hendon in London. ...Andrew Dismore asked why the BBC had disciplined Kilroy_Silk but had not moved against Tom Paulin (January 25, 1949 _ ) was born in Leeds, but grew up in Belfast. ...Tom Paulin, the poet and The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English_speaking world. ...Oxford professor, after he had made allegedly anti_semitic remarks. The BBC's defenders pointed out that Paulin only appeared on BBC programmes as a pundit and commentator, and was not employed as a presenter of a programme in his own right. Subsequent to losing his permanent position, Kilroy_Silk appeared on BBC programmes in the same capacity as Paulin, as an individual commentator no longer representative of the BBC.

According to the Daily Express, 50,000 people responded in a telephone poll supporting Kilroy_Silk's reinstatement.

Kilroy_Silk's comments were inflammatory enough that on December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ...December 4, 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004, a man threw a bucket of farmyard A slurry is a liquid mixture (especially involving water) composed of a mixture of various insoluble matter, such as mud or plaster of paris. ...slurry at him before he was due to make an appearance on BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken_word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...BBC Radio 4's Any Questions?. David McGrath, an unemployed man, of Wilmslow is a town in Cheshire, England, situated to the south of Manchester between Alderley Edge and Handforth. ...Wilmslow, This article is about the English county. ...Cheshire, was later convicted of the attack. He was given a conditional discharge, and ordered to pay £200 costs to Kilroy_Silk.

UK Independence Party political career

Involvement the European elections

In 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004, Kilroy_Silk successfully stood for the The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you_kip) is a right_wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ...UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ...2004 European Parliament Election in the The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. ...East Midlands region.

The result (using a system of PR) was as follows:

MEPs Elected

Leadership ambitions

In the Location of Hartlepool constituency On July 23, 2004, the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, Peter Mandelson (Labour), was nominated as Britains new European Commissioner. ...2004 Hartlepool by_election UKIP came third, ahead of the The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ...Conservative Party. At the party conference in 2004 : January _ February _ March _ April _ May _ June _ July _ August _ September _ October _ November _ December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9...October 2004, Kilroy_Silk called for the Conservative Party to be "killed_off". The next day, in an interview on Breakfast with Frost (BBC), he expressed an interest in leading his party and criticised Roger Maurice Knapman (born February 20, 1944) is a British politician, and is the current leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ...Roger Knapman. Following this, Paul Sykes, the businessman, and a friend of Kilroy-Silk, announced his intention to cease his partial funding of UKIP and to return his support to the Conservatives, fearing that the euro-spectic vote might be split. The branch chairmen of UKIP were canvassed on their opinion regarding Kilroy-Silk's challenge for the party leadership. Only a minority (13%) were sympathetic to him, a result which he objected to, owing to the small proportion of party members who had been consulted. Kilroy-Silk was threatened with disciplinary action if he continued, in the view of his opponents, to bring the party into disrepute.

On October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ...27 October 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004 he officially announced that he had withdrawn from the UKIP whip in the European Parliament, branding the party "incompetent". However, he said that he would be staying on as a member of UKIP in an independent capacity, and would continue to challenge for the leadership.

UKIP's constitution states that 70 days' notice is required before a leadership ballot can take place. With the The United Kingdom general election of 2005 will be held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ...next general election in the UK expected in spring 2005, Kilroy pushed for an EGM of the party as early as possible. On November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ...3 November 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004, Kilroy said he intended to be leader by Christmas, though this would have been impossible under the rules.

With his attempt at the leadership going nowhere, in late 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004 and early 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 there was speculation that Kilroy_Silk would leave UKIP and either found a new party, or join an existing one with similar views. The The English Democrats Party, previously the English National Party, is a political party in England, which seeks the establishment of a new Parliament for England with at least the same powers as those granted to the Scottish Parliament. ...English Democrats party stated that it would be a natural home for the pro_English, anti_European politician. However, unable to find a party who would allow him to be leader, he found that his only option would be to set up his own party.

Leaving the party

On January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...20 January 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 Kilroy announced that he had left the UKIP after nine months as a member. It came after party officials started proceedings to remove Kilroy_Silk as he became increasingly frustrated with their approach. Rumours were abound that he was planning on setting up a new party under the name "Veritas", though Kilroy_Silk initially neither confirmed nor denied them.

On January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...January 30, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 the plans to launch Veritas were confirmed, and boosted by the announcement that UKIP's leader in the The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ...Greater London Assembly, Damian Hockney is a British politician and deputy leader of the new Veritas party. ...Damian Hockney, had defected to Veritas, becoming its first Deputy Leader.

The party was formally launched on February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...February 2, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005. Kilroy-Silk's former colleagues in UKIP have given the new party the nick-name "Vanitas".

Publicity stunts

On January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...January 31, 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005, a television programme, "Kilroy: Behind the Tan" was broadcast on the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC. The programme followed him from his election as an A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...MEP for the The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ...UK Independence Party through to his leaving and denouncement of the party.

In early February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...February 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005, it was revealed that Kilroy was working on a new television programme called "Kilroy and the Gypsies", to be broadcast on Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...Channel 4. Andrew Lansley, Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, said: "Is there nothing Robert Kilroy-Silk won't do for publicity? I don't know why he is doing this but it is certainly not to highlight solutions to the problem."

In the programme, he spent a week living with The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...gypsies to gain first-hand experience of their way of life and talking both to the gypsies themselves and to those in the surrounding villages.

Personal life

In Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963, Kilroy-Silk married Jan Beech, a shop steward's daughter. They have a son (Dominic), a daughter (Natasha), and a grandson (Zachary). In 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1990, Dominic was sentenced to 10 months in Ford open prison for Introduction A mortgage is a device used to create a lien on real estate by contract. ...mortgage In the broadest sense a fraud is any crime (or civil wrong) for gain that utilises some deception practiced on the victim as its principal method. ...fraud.

In 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1995, it was reported that he also had a son through an Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ...extra-marital affair — a boy named Danny — conceived with Hillary Beauchamp, an art teacher, when he was an MP. Although Kilroy-Silk has never seen the child, he is reported to pay £200 each month for maintenance.

External links

• BBC News profile (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk-politics/3383875.stm)
• Independent profile / interview (http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=527488)
• "Kilroy_Silk quits 'shameful' UKIP" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk-politics/4189537.stm) at The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC News
• Satirical site about Kilroy's new party (http://www.vanitasparty.com)
• Mr Tangerine Man _ a musical tribute to Robert Kilroy_Silk (http://eclectech.co.uk/kilroysilk.php)