Veritas

Veritas (Latin: truth) was a political party in the United Kingdom, formed in February 2005 by Robert Kilroy-Silk following a split from the UK Independence Party (UKIP).Kilroy-Silk served as party leader from formation, through the 2005 General Election, until his resignation in July that year.He was succeeded by Patrick Eston, who resigned the leadership on 15 June 2008 citing frustrations of his efforts to reform the party.The party merged into the English Democrats in June 2015. Veritas had no representation in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, although it had members serve in the European Parliament and the London Assembly, elected as UKIP members and defecting upon Veritas' formation.At the time of its merger, the party had not put forward General Election candidates since 2005.