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 Robert Kilroy-Silk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is a British politician and is well-known as the presenter of his former daytime television confessional talk show Kilroy.
In May 1942, Robert Silk was born in Birmingham, the son of William Silk, a Royal Navy stoker, and his wife Rose.
In 1992 Kilroy made a comment regarding Ireland and the Irish in his Daily Express column under the guise of attacking Ray MacSharry, a former Irish government minister and EU commissioner at that time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Kilroy-Silk   (2004 words)

  
 BBC - Press Office - Joint statement Robert Kilroy-Silk
Robert Kilroy-Silk is to step down as presenter of his daily topical discussion programme after 17 years in the role.
Robert Kilroy-Silk has presented Kilroy since it was first broadcast as Day to Day in November 1986, becoming Kilroy in 1987.
Announcing his decision, Robert Kilroy-Silk said: "I believe this is the right moment to leave the programme and concentrate my energies in other directions.
www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/01_january/16/kilroy_silk_statement.shtml   (457 words)

  
 Robert Kilroy-Silk's views about foreigners
Robert Kilroy-Silk was parachuted into the UKIP list with such indecent haste that as late as May 19 his name still didn't appear among the twelve (yes, twelve for some reason) submitted by UKIP to the LGIB website.
Kilroy gets very angry if anyone blames the rise in British HIV cases on sexual promiscuity or suggests that TB might have something to do with inadequate sanitation, bad diet, poverty, etc. "The indigenous population is not responsible.
Can we acknowledge that black youths are responsible for the majority of gun and street crime and that it is they who ought therefore to be targeted without feeling the necessity to point out that the majority of burglars and conmen are white?...
bfewster.members.gn.apc.org /euro/kilroy.htm   (1139 words)

  
 Mr Robert KILROY-SILK
'''Robert Kilroy-Silk''' (born on [[19 May]] [[1942]] in [[Birmingham]]) is a [[Politics of the United KingdomBritish]] [[politician]] and [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[East Midlands]] with the [[UK Independence Party]], and is therefore a [[Non-InscritsNon-Inscrit]] in the [[European Parliament]].
www.ffii.org /~bkaindl/MEPs/old/United_Kingdom/Robert_Kilroy-Silk.html   (40 words)

  
 Sara Splits Infinitives: What is Robert Kilroy-Silk?
Kilroy’s comments would be defensible and even brave if he had made them about shockingly repressive theocratic regimes like that of Saudi Arabia, additionally pointing out that such governments have been entrenched in power by the West’s interest in their oil.
Kilroy’s PR advisors made a shrewd move in recommending that he defend his bonkers rant against Arabs by invoking arguments about free speech, but whilst that muddies the waters, it isn’t going to save him.
Kilroy is then engulfed in controversy so he apologises and seeks to defend his credibility by procuring the services of jailbird ex-MP Jonathan Aitken to attest to his probity.
www.20six.co.uk /weblogEntry/jh1qvgwrrsm2.htm   (2075 words)

  
 Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) - Robert Kilroy-Silk
Robert Kilroy Silk was born in Birmingham and educated at the London School of Economics where he went on to become a University Lecturer.
Robert left the UK Independence Party in January 2005 and has very recently formed his own political party, Veritas.
In June 2004 Robert became MEP for the East Midlands.
www.fsb.org.uk /data?ID=32&loc=conference2005   (111 words)

  
 C4 News - UK - Politics - Party launch
Robert Kilroy-Silk thinks he can change the face of British politics with a novel new idea, speaking the plain truth, while he claims all other politicians are lying.
Robert Kilroy-Silk promised 'The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth' as he launched his new political party Veritas.
The name of the party literally means 'truth' and it has been launched just weeks after Kilroy-Silk quit the UK Independence Party.
www.channel4.com /news/2005/02/week_1/02_kilroy.html   (242 words)

  
 Robert Kilroy-Silk - Uncyclopedia
Robert "Kilroy" Kilroy-Silk is a famous British chat show host, politician and all-round cunt, often regarded as the Black Country's answer to Jerry Springer.
Fortunately a scapegoat was at hand: the European Union had long been the bane of Kilroy's life and he sought retribution by joining the United Kingdom Independence Party, whose sole agenda is the destruction of the EU by whatever means necessary.
Born to Irish and Oompa-Loompa parents in 1942, Kilroy was educated at London School of Economics where he studied ninjitsu.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Robert_Kilroy-Silk   (616 words)

  
 Mirror.co.uk - News - All News Archive - THE BULLY BENEATH THE TAN
Born into a working-class Birmingham family as plain Robert Silk in 1942, he reinvented himself as Kilroy-Silk, using his father and stepfather's surnames.
He dropped the Silk for his man-of-the-people TV show Kilroy but on his political comeback, the Silk has returned with the silky charm.
Kilroy also invited "paedophile" Stephen Wells on to the show and agreed to protect his anonymity despite his claim he had abused 17 boys.
www.mirror.co.uk /news/allnews/tm_objectid=14336573&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=the-bully-beneath-the-tan-name_page.html   (1401 words)

  
 Robert Kilroy-Silk sets up his own party
Robert Kilroy-Silk is leaving UKIP in a tantrum because they wouldn't let him be leader.
www.cabalamat.org /weblog/art_404.html   (68 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Leader: Robert Kilroy-Silk
Robert Kilroy-Silk is emerging, implausibly enough, as something of a martyr.
Nor has Mr Kilroy-Silk advanced his cause by intemperate attacks on his employer.
In the end, a red card for Kilroy may be harsh, but it may also be inevitable.
www.guardian.co.uk /leaders/story/0,3604,1121885,00.html   (357 words)

  
 Europhobia: Robert Kilroy-Silk: mentalist
As Kilroy was elected on the basis of his hostility to the EU, presumably his constituents are expecting him to be particularly vocal in his scrutiny of Commission activities.
Kilroy's activities do seem entirely designed to ensure that any accusations that MEPs are money-grabbing scroungers who do no work are justified, albeit only in one case...
UKIP have come up with some amusing responses, slagging off Kilroy's supposed new party, allegedly to be called Veritas (Latin for "truth"): "'He's going to call it "Vanitas" we hear,' UKIP spokesman Mark Croucher said sarcastically.
europhobia.blogspot.com /2005/01/robert-kilroy-silk-mentalist.html   (928 words)

  
 Popular BBC Host Loses Job For Racist Comments
Robert Kilroy-Silk's more severe critics point out that this latest incident is not the first time he has been caught out under a storm of racism accusations.
Ibrahim Nawar, head of the Arab press freedom watchdog and Palestinian author Mona Bauwens are two significant supporters within the Arab/Middle Eastern community who support Robert Kilroy-Silk's free speech right to voice his opinion.
Now, like his political career, Robert Kilroy-Silk's long reign at the head of the most highly rated BBC daytime talk-show program has come to an end.
www.imdiversity.com /villages/global/Global_News_Headlines/bbc_host.asp   (1410 words)

  
 Stop Veritas
Robert Kilroy-Silk, the man who famously got sacked from the BBC and the Express newspaper for being a racist, has now launched his new political party, on a platform based solely on a far-right anti-foreigner platform.
Exposing the "veritas" behind Robert Kilroy-Silk's Veritas party
Bennett is Kilroy's research assistant, known vandal and a racist who claimed the prophet Muhammed was a child molester.
stopveritas.blogspot.com   (5100 words)

  
 Kilroy was here... BBC suspends daytime host
The BBC suspended Robert Kilroy-Silk's morning discussion programme yesterday while investigating a newspaper article in which the presenter described Arabs as "suicide bombers, limb amputators and women repressors".
Robert Kilroy-Silk brought the BBC into disrepute with his gratuitous and racist anti-Arab rant."
The BBC acted after discussions with the former MP, who presents Kilroy every weekday morning.
www.blink.org.uk /print.asp?key=2864   (597 words)

  
 Robert Kilroy-Silk - Wikiquote
Robert Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942), British politician and Member of the European Parliament, and former chat show host.
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On being accused of hitting Jeremy Corbyn MP in 1985
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Robert_Kilroy-Silk   (445 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Interview: Robert Kilroy-Silk
Contrary to what we state below, using as our source Robert Kilroy-Silk's entry in Who's Who, he is not on the "council" of the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Every Labour MP I speak to says that their most vivid memory of Kilroy-Silk was his appearance in a television documentary which filmed him after the February 1974 general election, travelling to Westminster as a dashing 31-year-old newly elected MP.
Shepherd, a fierce Eurosceptic who used to give John Major grief over the Maastricht treaty in the 1990s, admires Kilroy-Silk's decision to champion Ukip.
politics.guardian.co.uk /elections2004/story/0,14549,1233809,00.html   (3037 words)

  
 Islamic Affairs Central Network (IACN)
Contact Martin Townsend (martin.townsend@express.co.uk), Editor of Sunday Express and demand that Robert Kilroy-Silk is not allowed to write for this newspaper.
Contact Greg Dyke (greg.dyke@bbc.co.uk), Director-General of BBC and demand that Robert Kilroy-Silk is sacked.
Many of you already know Robert Kilroy-Silk, the morning chat show host on BBC1 and the man with a history of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab slurs.
www.iacn.org.uk /alerts/kilroy060104.htm   (820 words)

  
 VERITAS MEMBERS TO CHALLENGE LEADER KILROY-SILK
Robert is committed to holding a democratic leadership election in accordance with the Party's Constitution.
Kilroy said UKIP was a bunch of nutters, but I really think he has taken the amateurs with him!
mis-managed, we have no constitution and Kilroy is always away on holiday."
www.ukipforum.co.uk /about4790.html   (814 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Robert Kilroy-Silk
ROBERT Kilroy-Silk faced a new blow to his career last night, after it emerged that members of Veritas, the party he created earlier this year, want to dump him as leader.
ROBERT Kilroy-Silk made his rabble-rousing debut in the European Parliament yesterday, demanding...
FORMER chat-show host Robert Kilroy-Silk has quit as leader of Veritas, the political party he set up ahead of the General Election, he announced yesterday.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1074   (428 words)

  
 The Spoof - Robert Kilroy-Silk is to be New Leader of Children's Birthday Party
Robert Kilroy-Silk revealed to to gathered media today that he is to take over running a new party - Susan White's eighth birthday party.
Currently: Home / News / UK Headlines / Robert Kilroy...
Unfortuantely, he fell foul of a clause in the party Constitution which provided that for a leadership election to be called, fifty-six branch chairman, their wives, their grandparents and their best friend's dogs had to hand a petition to the leaders great-grandfather while standing on their heads juggling mangos.
www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i7395   (559 words)

  
 UK Independence Party
She was welcomed to the Eurosceptic party by new candidate Robert Kilroy-Silk at a photocall in Nottingham where she is performing in a play.
“I was extremely flattered to be asked, when Robert Kilroy-Silk called me and asked me to be a patron of his party.
She said she was flattered to have been asked to join the UKIP by Mr Kilroy-Silk and shared his views about the future of Britain.
www.independenceuk.org.uk /abc_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=792   (369 words)

  
 Robert Kilroy-Silk MEP in the European Parliament Ind Dem Group UK Independence Party UKIP East Midlands Region
Robert Kilroy-Silk, Birmingham-born, I was educated at the London School of Economics and worked as a university lecturer before becoming a Labour MP.
This Site will be updated with the work Robert Kilroy-Silk carries out in the European Parliament.
Robert Kilroy-Silk MEP in the European Parliament Ind Dem Group UK Independence Party UKIP East Midlands Region
www.kilroymep.co.uk   (149 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Politics Kilroy-Silk: MP to talk show host
Robert Kilroy-silk chose TV over a career in politics
After 17 years of debating with the public on his morning chat show, you could argue that Robert Kilroy-Silk never really left politics.
This time, he was responding to criticism of the Kilroy show, which the BSC had branded "victim entertainment".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3383875.stm   (544 words)

  
 Kilroy resigns UKIP whip This is London
Robert Kilroy-Silk said today he had resigned the UK Independence Party whip.
A party spokesman said: "Robert Kilroy-Silk doesn't do much except generate negative press comment.
The former chat-show host said he was leaving the Ukip group because he could no longer work with it.
www.thisislondon.co.uk /news/articles/14313784?source=PA&ct=5   (173 words)

  
 BBC - BBC THREE - 3 Investigates
Robert Kilroy-Silk dominated daytime television for 17 years.
The programme also captures the catalyst for Kilroy’s withdrawal of the whip; an all-out row between the party leadership and the Kilroy-Silks in the UKIP office in Brussels:
Kilroy’s gradual realisation and concerns, about his political partners, becomes very clear when he starts to criticise the foreign allies UKIP has formed in the European Parliament and challenges an MEP from the League of Polish Families:
www.bbc.co.uk /bbcthree/tv/kilroy.shtml   (792 words)

  
 Vote for Kilroy
Robert Kilroy-Silk has left the UK Independence Party but will fight the next General Election.
Robert Kilroy-Silk will tomorrow (Wednesday), at 10.30am, announce the formation of a new political Party, the straight talking Party, VERITAS.
The Daily Telegraph this morning reports that Robert Kilroy-Silk's new party will be called VERITAS the straight talking party and that it will be launched this Wednesday.
voteforkilroy.blogspot.com   (572 words)

  
 News Administration
Robert Kilroy-Silk announced today that he is resigning as leader of Veritas with immediate effect.
Veritas regret to announce the resignation of Kilroy-Silk
The party and its members wish him well in the future and we are sure Robert will continue to campaign on the issues that concern the majority of the people in the UK.
www.veritasparty.com /cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=News&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0369   (346 words)

  
 The Observer Special reports The Observer Profile: Robert Kilroy-Silk
Her first husband and Robert's father, William Silk, was killed during the war.
No one at the Express noticed the error and last Sunday, while Kilroy-Silk was enjoying the festive season with his wife, Jan, and their two children, Dominic, 36, and Natasha, 33, at 'Casa Kilroy', the family's £2-million estate on the Costa del Sol, the paper ran the column for the second time.
Liz Barron, former deputy editor of Kilroy!, who went on to become head of commissioning for BBC daytime TV, says: 'His production team was always a very mixed, jumbled up team racially.
observer.guardian.co.uk /race/story/0,11255,1120619,00.html   (1334 words)

  
 cryonics8904.txt
Robert Kilroy-Silk is a former Member of Parliment who is as suave as the last half of his surname suggests.
Babuta put into producing his Kilroy cryonics segment was astounding.
Kiel is where Klaus Rheinhard lives and "Klaus Rheinhard and Mike Darwin in we were anxious to meet the Kiel." German Robert Ettinger.
www.alcor.org /cryonics/cryonics8904.txt   (18390 words)

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