Kilroy-Silk, Robert

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Kilroy-Silk, Robert
Other forms of name
Silk, Robert Kilroy-
Date of birth
1942-05-19
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 1496363
Wikidata: Q333764
Library of congress: n 86119277
BGU10: 000063855
Sources of Information
  • His Hard labour, 1986:t.p. (Robert Kilroy-Silk)
  • LC data base, 6-13-87(hdg.: Kilroy-Silk, Robert)
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Wikipedia description:

Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born Silk; born 19 May 1942) 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, initially as a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). 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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