Robert Kilroy-Silk arrived in Brussels amid a blaze of self-publicity but since his election as an MEP for the East Midlands I can’t say I have seen him too many times in the European Parliament.

Since his election in 2004 he has spoken just seven times in the plenary, the last of which was in October 2005. He has not become a member of any committee nor tabled a single motion for resolution.

Intrigued by his whereabouts I visited his website, where it announces “This website will be updated with the work Robert Kilroy-Silk does”. The most recent update I can find is November 2004.

I was also interested to click on the link to the "Contact Me" section, especially when the link led to a page that simply read "error - failed". Quite.