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		Knickers to Kilroy-Silk? Wednesday, 12th November 2008 Elected as an East Midlands UKIP MEP in 2004, TV personality Robert Kilroy-Silk soon fell out with his colleagues and attempted to launch a new party called "Veritas". This initiative soon ran into the buffers, and little has been heard of Veritas recently. However it seems it could have a new incarnation. Walking through the streets of the Belgian town of Ypres on November 11th, after attending the Remembrance Ceremony at the Menin Gate, East Midlands Conservative MEP Roger Helmer noticed the Veritas name again -- this time, over a lingerie shop. Can Kilroy-Silk be going into the lingerie business? Helmer's East Midlands colleague Chris Heaton-Harris summed it up in a few words: "Looks like Veritas has gone bust". It has been widely reported that Kilroy-Silk will be appearing on the new series of "I'm a celebrity -- Get me out of here!". He has attracted criticism from other politicians in the region for going off for a television ego-trip while doing very little work to represent his constituents.