Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is an English politician, who served as an independent Member of the European Parliament. He previously had a career as a television presenter and was best known for his daytime talk show, Kilroy. He has been a university lecturer and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). He stood successfully for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the 2004 election to the European Parliament.He left them in 2005 to found a new party which he called Veritas; he resigned as its leader later the same year.
I know that all Arabs are not suicide bombers of limb amputators. I know many are extremely urbane, intelligent, sophisticated and civilised people.
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Arab countries are not shining examples of civilisation are they? Few of them make much contribution to the welfare of the rest of the world. Apart from oil - that was discovered, produced and paid for by the West - what do they contribute? I can't think of anything useful.
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Two children with wife Jan: Dominic and Natasha Kilroy-Silk. Grandson Zachary.
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Silk was his real father's name who was killed in action when he was just a baby, and Kilroy is his stepfather's surname from when his mother remarried.
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[February 2005] Left UKIP to form his own political party "Veritas" (which is Latin for "truth").
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On 14 June 2004 he was elected as MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the East Midlands, representing the UK Independence Party which campaigns for the UK to withdraw from Europe so it may govern itself without interference from Brussels.
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[June 2004] Became an MEP for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), winning his seat by 26%, and helping the party jump to third highest votes in the Country, quadrupling its seats in the Euro elections.
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(Friday January 9th 2004) The BBC halted his Day to Day (1986) programme after he made controversial remarks about Arabs in a newspaper article.
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He was a Labour MP between 1976 and 1983.
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Day to Day
1986
TV Series executive editor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wogan
1986
TV Series
TV Eye
1982
TV Series
Himself
World in Action
1977
TV Series documentary
Himself
Loose Women
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself
Question Time
1979-2009
TV Series
Himself
Hell's Kitchen
2009
TV Series
Himself
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! NOW!
2008
TV Series
Himself
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
2008
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Programme
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
Kilroy's Week with the Gypsies
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Richard & Judy
2005
TV Series
Himself
Kilroy: Behind the Tan
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Morgan and Platell
2004
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2004
TV Series
Himself
HARDtalk
2004
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2004
TV Series
Himself
This Morning
2004
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2004
TV Series
Himself
Day to Day
1986-2004
TV Series
Himself - Host
BBC World News
2004
TV Series
Himself
TV Burp
2003
TV Series
Himself
Shafted
2001
TV Series
Himself - Host
Love Hurts
1993
TV Series
Himself
Birds of a Feather
1992
TV Series
Himself
The Dame Edna Experience
1989
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
2008
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2005-2006
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters - Volume 2
2005
Video
Himself
Jam
2000
TV Series
Himself
Room 101
1994
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Day to Day (1986-2004) as Editorial Department
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2008) as Himself
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! NOW! (2008) as Himself
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