Kilroy-Silk: "I'll change the face of British politics forever"

Robert Kilroy-Silk has unveiled his Veritas party's manifesto in a bid to "change the face of British politics forever."

The former Labour MP and UKIP MEP said Veritas wanted to close the door to "so-called asylum seekers" and would expect all immigrants to integrate.

He said that millions of Britons are "fed up being made to feel that every country, every culture, is more important than their own".

The manifesto commits the party to imposing a three year moratorium on immigration while it develops a points system for those who are needed because of their skills.

"We'll always admit people on genuine compassionate grounds," it adds.

Speaking at a press conference in London, the former TV chatshow host said: "Millions of people in this country know they have been lied to by the old parties on Europe, on the Iraq war, immigration, asylum and much else.

"They are fed up being made to feel that every country, every culture, is more important than their own.

"They are tired of not being listened to. They resent being told what to think and say by the old parties and their cronies in the press and they are sick and tired of the name-calling, the sloganising, the yah-boo politics that passes for political debate in Britain today."

Kilroy-Silk was elected as a UKIP MEP in last year's European elections but left after being unable to secure the leadership.

He then set up Veritas, taking with him other disgruntled members of the eurosceptic party including UKIP's two London assembly members, one of whom, Damian Hockney, is now deputy leader.

The manifesto promises the withdrawal of Britain from the EU, an end to asylum, multiculturalism and the introduction of a flat rate of income tax.