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Whitehead (Labour) and Derek Clark (Ukip) – said they "deplore" Mr Kilroy-Silk's non-attendance. "He seems to have done little or no work as a constituency MEP for the East Midlands. This leaves five MEPs to do the work of six and the electorate have been short-changed," they wrote. "Mr Kilroy-Silk should either do the job for which he is paid, or get out and leave it to those who can." The parliament has no power to remove Mr Kilroy-Silk, who is understood to have attended the minimum number of plenary sessions required to be eligible for his parliamentary allowances.
704:, but came in fourth with 5.8%, just above the 5% level needed to save his deposit. He tried to press charges against a man who, he said, "smashed a bottle of water against the side of his head" while the politician was being interviewed by a European television crew outside a supermarket. The alleged assailant said he had squirted Kilroy-Silk with water from a plastic bottle before running away; this account was confirmed by the TV crew, which also filmed the incident. The police decided not to prosecute.
747:"He seems to have done little or no work as a constituency MEP for the East Midlands. This leaves five MEPs to do the work of six and the electorate have been short-changed". They went on to complain that Kilroy-Silk was not "fulfilling the pledge he made on becoming an MEP, to serve the electorate of his region" and to call for him to "either do the job for which he is paid, or get out and leave it to those who can."
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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; Kilroy-Silk did not think this was significant, as he believed that too few party members had been consulted.
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13 August 2005. Quote: "A cross-party coalition has called for Robert Kilroy-Silk to quit the
European Parliament on the grounds that he seldom attends and does "little or no work" for his East Midlands constituency. His four regional colleagues – Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative), Roger
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European Parliament, branding the party "incompetent". But, he said that he would remain as an independent member of UKIP, and would continue to challenge for the leadership.
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Wharton announced his intention to challenge Kilroy-Silk for the leadership, claiming party members were "not being looked after". Discontented party members set up the Veritas Members' Association to "put the truth back into Veritas".
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on 4 January 2004. The article had first been published in April 2003 by the same paper and 'republished in error' according to Kilroy-Silk. It did not attract much national attention when first published. According to Faisal Bodi, a columnist for
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expected in spring 2005, Kilroy-Silk pushed for an emergency general meeting of the party as early as possible. On 3 November 2004, Kilroy-Silk said he intended to be leader by
Christmas, though this would have been impossible under the rules.
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Affairs Committee, the
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Manchester on 3 December 2004 at about 7.15 p.m., Kilroy-Silk was attacked outside the Girls' High School, when a bucket of manure was thrown over him as he arrived for a recording of the BBC Radio 4's
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and later passed the review exam and went to Saltley Grammar School,
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who attended a UKIP press conference at Kilroy-Silk's invitation.
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Kilroy-Silk does 'little or no work' and should quit, say MEPs
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On 30 January 2005 Kilroy-Silk launched a new political party
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Rooke). William Silk was lost at sea when aged 22, serving on
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on 4 January 2004. This provoked considerable controversy.
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After graduation he became a lecturer in politics at the
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I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Inside Story
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Comrie-Thomson, Paul; Coombe, Ian (8 November 2010).
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He is not a racist at all – he employs a black driver
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1149:"Marriages Mar 1963 – KILROY-SILK ROBERT M. BEECH"
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1526:"Islamophobia should be as unacceptable as racism"
1452:, CrĂostĂłir Ă“ Floinn, Obelisk Books, 1993, page 94
542:. He wrote a book about his experiences, entitled
1772:contributions in Parliament by Robert Kilroy-Silk
501:. He remained its MP until its abolition at the
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1674:"Political caravan no easy ride for Kilroy-Silk"
1401:. This Is Nottingham. 7 May 2009. Archived from
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1053:"Farage: Robert Kilroy-Silk:went crackers"
998:. He spent a week living with a family of
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1629:"Racist stereotypes 'make the worst TV'"
1247:"Robert Kilroy-Silk: Here Comes Trouble"
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1417:Cranks and Gadflies: The Story of Ukip
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1235:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
1084:Maguire, Patrick (18 September 2019).
1030:I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
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1782:"Kilroy-Silk quits 'shameful' UKIP"
1496:"Kilroy defends Arab states attack"
1355:"Kilroy quits as leader of Veritas"
1326:"Kilroy faces leadership challenge"
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1278:"Kilroy-Silk attack: Man arrested"
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567:campaign he presented one of the
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449:to study politics and economics.
374:Member of the European Parliament
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1836:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1578:Smith, David (11 January 2004).
1524:Bodi, Faisal (12 January 2004).
1051:Maley, Jonathan (29 June 2013).
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611:, UKIP came third, ahead of the
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2469:Brexit Party/Reform UK
2413:Anti-Federalist League
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953:Penguin TV Companion
861:in 1989, during the
618:Breakfast with Frost
550:Eurosceptic politics
470:Socialism since Marx
356:Member of Parliament
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1557:The Daily Telegraph
717:Cheadle by-election
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1757:Robert Kilroy-Silk
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