(Friday January 9th 2004) The BBC halted his Kilroy (1986) programme after
he made controversial remarks about Arabs in a newspaper article.
He was a Labour MP between 1976 and 1983.
[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.
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.
[February 2005] Left UKIP to form his own political party "Veritas"
(which is Latin for "truth").
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.
Two children with wife Jan: Dominic and Natasha Kilroy-Silk. Grandson Zachary.