Robert Kilroy-Silk

British politician (born 1942) · United Kingdom · Politicians

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2004“We're told that the Arabs loathe us. Really? For liberating the Iraqis?”In their words4 January 2004Sunday Express (4 January 2004). (full text of the column)Read the whole statement

2003“The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops.”In their words4 May 2003Sunday Express (4 May 2003).Read the whole statement

2002“The indigenous population is not responsible.... It is the foreigners that we have to focus on.”In their words1 December 2002Discussing a rise in HIV infections in Britain, Sunday Express (1 December 2002).Read the whole statement

2001“Their fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft.”In their wordsShafted, 2001Read the whole statement

1991“They Muslims] are backward and evil and if it is racist to say so... then racist I must be - and happy and proud, to be so.”In their words25 February 1991Daily Express (25 February 1991).Read the whole statement

1985“I didn't really hit him. [...] If I had, he'd have stayed down.”In their wordsOn the accusation he hit Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons division lobby in 1985, as cited in "Robert Kilroy-Silk: Here comes trouble",TheRead the whole statement

1942Born19 May 1942

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Robert Kilroy-Silk

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We're told that the Arabs loathe us. Really? For liberating the Iraqis?
Jan 4, 2004, Sunday Express (4 January 2004). (full text of the column), Own words
The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops.
May 4, 2003, Sunday Express (4 May 2003)., Own words
The indigenous population is not responsible.... It is the foreigners that we have to focus on.
Dec 1, 2002, Discussing a rise in HIV infections in Britain, Sunday Express (1 December 2002)., Own words

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About this person

Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk is an English former politician and broadcaster. After a decade as a university lecturer, he served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1986. He left the House of Commons in 1986 in order to present a new BBC Television daytime talk show, Kilroy, which ran until 2004. He returned to politics, serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009. He had a significant role in the mainstreaming of Eurosceptic politics in the UK and has been dubbed 'The Godfather of Brexit'.

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