The future of Robert Kilroy-Silk?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

[non sociopath skin]

1. I'm kind of hoping he doesn't have one....

... but as Auntie Bella used to say, "Ye canna bray him back."

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The Skin

[Anarcho-Socialist]

2. His ego will never allow it

If people ignore him, he'll just shout louder and say even more extreme things to get attention. Oh, there is always ITV.

[demobrit]

6. Fade away

When it looked like UKIP might just make a breakthorough he jumped ship , didn`t want to damage the Tories too much I think

[tjwmason]

11. He was the one who wanted to destroy the Tories

It sounded like he seriously believe that UKIP could become the major right-wing party :crazy:

[Benbow]

3. Other, please specify doesn't let you specify - do ads for Ronseal

the wood-staining product manufacturer. (The colour of his fake tan suggests this.) Or act in pantomime as Pinocchio ("stained wood" colour of face, ditto).

[ikri]

4. He'll write a book

And go on a book signing tour with David Icke

[evermind]

5. Other: committed under the mental health act (n/t)

[D-Notice]

7. Daily Mail columnist

He's perfect for rants about Johnny Foreigner

[T_i_B]

8. Kilroy-Silk does 'little or no work' and should quit, say MEPs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/14/nsilk14.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/08/14/ixportal.html

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.

In the letter to the parliament's president Josep Borrell, four MEPs, who all represent the East Midlands, say Mr Kilroy-Silk is not "fulfilling the pledge he made on becoming an MEP, to serve the electorate of his region".

The letter marks a new low in the political career of Mr Kilroy-Silk. Having resigned from two Euro-sceptic parties, the UK Independence Party and the Right-wing Veritas Party, he currently sits as a non-aligned member in the chambers of Brussels and Strasbourg.

His four regional colleagues - Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative), Roger Helmer (Conservative), Phillip 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."

[non sociopath skin]

9. But didn't the Daily Mail and UKIP tell us that MEPs do no work anyway? ..

.... expect he still picks up his cheque every month, though.

The Skin

[Anarcho-Socialist]

12. The right-wing complain about waste

but they're happy to take when the opportunity is there. A bunch a hypocrites they are.

[tjwmason]

10. If he were to resign - how would he be replaced?

I'm guessing that it would be either a by-election or the next chap on the UKIP list (as he was elected as UKIP). I haven't studied the new P.R. voting system in depth.

[T_i_B]

13. As he's an independent at present

I honestly can't say. Makes you hanker for a nice simple, easy to understand first past-the-post system personally.

It's at this point that US DUer's often tend to ask about recalling the rogue representatives and they do have a good point you know! Can Kilroy be recalled in any way?

[mr blur]

14. Joins the Mail and then leaves,

when he isn't allowed to be editor.

[Mr Creosote]

15. Other

who is he anyway? :-)