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A couple of online Flash animations have been released with anti-Kilroy songs, the lyrics of which are pretty amusing.

From Mr Tangerine Man (a reference to Kilroy's penchant for artificial tans):

We’d prefer debating crazy people’s crazy lives, With the men who spank their wives, And the Headmaster who skives, And the labrador who drives, So it’s time that you admitted you were wrong now. Kilroy, won’t you sail back, through the Channel’s swirlin’ fogs And forget about the Frogs And the German sausage dogs, And the Dutch birds in their clogs And the Irish in their bogs, Daytime telly, that’s where you belong now. Hey! Mr. Tangerine Man, go back on TV, There’s nobody hosts a chat show quite the way you do. Just after Teletubbies, that’s where you should be And the jingle of ‘This Morning’ will come followin' you.

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The Independent is reporting that Robert Kilroy-Silk is, in reality, not the leader of Slurritas despite being its "star" and founder:

"The fact that Kilroy quit UKIP so very acrimoniously because they refused to make him leader means this is very peculiar," says one observer. "It's not even as though there are any serious legal implications to calling yourself leader of a party. It's just a case of a bit of paperwork." Veritas is instead headed by one Anthony Bennett, Kilroy's researcher, whose other claim to fame is a pamphlet expounding the view that the Prophet Mohammed was a paedophile. According to details published on the Electoral Commission's website, Mr Bennett holds three of the party's four official offices. The fourth, that of treasurer, is entrusted to Alex Stevenson, who gave £10,000 to help Veritas get off the ground, having branded UKIP "undemocratic" for refusing to make Kilroy its leader.

It's been pointed out that there is a proverb which goes "In vino, veritas" - in wine is truth - and Kilroy's politics (see two entries down) are precisely the sort of "politics" which would be expressed in a bar late on Thursday night.

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For anyone who's heard all the speculation about Robert Kilroy-Silk's new party, called "Veritas" (Latin for truth), but missed the actual launch ... I thought I'd present a link to a rundown on Kilroy's view on, well, humanity in general. (I don't suppose we'll hear an end very soon to the corruptions of his party's name. I've come up with Slurritas, after what he was pelted with a few weeks back and what he's full of. Other suggestions include Vanitas and Inanitas.)

Here's Kilroy on Iraqis:

"They are not grateful for being liberated. They do not appreciate that the coalition forces are attempting to build a decent, democratic, civilised country. They certainly do not appear to be either able or willing to contribute to its reconstruction. Why should we put British lives on the line for this lot? They are not worth the life of one British soldier, not one. All they seem to do is moan, incessantly, about their lack of amenities" (29 Jun 2003).

Robert Kilroy-Silk's views about foreigners

(10pm: By the way, Veritas is also the name of a software company. I wonder if they have a case for copyright infringement?)

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