BRITAIN: Robert Kilroy-Silk has accused the British government of supporting "mass immigration" and has protested that people had not been asked about the policy.
At the London launch of his Veritas Party general election manifesto, the former chat-show host and Labour Party MP warned that people no longer considered voting to be worthwhile because they have been lied to by the old parties on Europe, the Iraq war, immigration, asylum and pensions.
Mr Kilroy-Silk formed Veritas after quitting the UK Independence Party earlier this year following a row over his ambition to lead the eurosceptic party, for which he was elected an MEP in June last year.
He pledged Veritas would halt "mass immigration". Only those needed to fill specific jobs would be taken in. They would also be expected to speak English, pass health and criminal record tests and integrate with British society.
"You can't tell me a single town in this country that has voted for multiculturalism," said Mr Kilroy-Silk. "You cannot cite to me a single city in this land that has asked for more immigration.
"There is not one of you who can give me an example of where any politician in this country, at the last general election, went to the people in their manifesto, in a speech on television and said, 'A: We want mass immigration, are you in favour of it?'; 'B: We are going to open all our doors to asylum seekers.'
"Nobody voted for multiculturalism. It is something that has been imposed on them by the liberal fascists in London. It's not what people want."
Mr Kilroy-Silk said he believed in equality. "We are all equal under the law and nobody should be discriminated against on the basis of their race, colour or creed or even their age or their sex."
However, he criticised as "reprehensible" those cultures which he said oppressed women, treating them as second-class citizens and chattels. "I think those [ cultures] that chop off limbs, behead people, are reprehensible."
He accused prime minister Tony Blair and Conservative leader Michael Howard of "lying" when they claimed that Britain could control its borders.